Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel (Keye Street), by Amanda Kyle Williams
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“An explosive read . . . Amanda Kyle Williams sets the classic private eye novel on fire.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee ChildHailed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as “one of the most addictive new series heroines,” Keye Street is the brilliant, brash heart of a sizzling thriller full of fear and temptation, judgments and secrets, infidelity and murder. He likes them smart. In the woods of Whisper, Georgia, two bodies are found: one recently dead, the other decayed from a decade of exposure to the elements. The sheriff is going to need help to track down an experienced predator—one who abducts girls and holds them for months before ending their lives. Enter ex–FBI profiler and private investigator Keye Street. He lives for the struggle. After a few weeks, Keye is finally used to sharing her downtown Atlanta loft with her boyfriend, A.P.D. Lieutenant Aaron Rauser. Along with their pets (his dog, her cat) they seem almost like a family. But when Rauser plunks a few ice cubes in a tumbler and pours a whiskey, Keye tenses. Her addiction recovery is tenuous at best. And loves the fear. Though reluctant to head out into the country, Keye agrees to assist Sheriff Ken Meltzer. Once in Whisper, where the locals have no love for outsiders, Keye starts to piece together a psychological profile: The killer is someone who stalks and plans and waits. But why does the sociopath hold the victims for so long, and what horrible things must they endure? When a third girl goes missing, Keye races against time to connect the scant bits of evidence. All the while, she cannot shake the chilling feeling: Something dark and disturbing lives in these woods—and it is watching her every move.Praise for Amanda Kyle Williams and Don’t Talk to Strangers “There’s a new voice in Atlanta, and her name is Amanda Kyle Williams.”—Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author “One of the most addictive new series heroines since Stephanie Plum.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Keye Street is my kind of detective—complicated, savvy, flawed, and blessed with a sharply observant dark wit.”—Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author “Both Williams and Street should be around for the long haul, so discover them now from the start.”—Alafair Burke, author of Long Gone “The exciting thing about Williams’ writing is how easily she draws the reader into the drama of the story . . . and she adds enough twists and turns to keep the reader off kilter to the very end.”—The Huffington PostFrom the Hardcover edition.
Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel (Keye Street), by Amanda Kyle Williams - Amazon Sales Rank: #344557 in Books
- Brand: Williams, Amanda Kyle
- Published on: 2015-06-30
- Released on: 2015-06-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.86" h x 1.15" w x 4.17" l, .45 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 432 pages
Don't Talk to Strangers: A Novel (Keye Street), by Amanda Kyle Williams From Booklist *Starred Review* Keye Street has made a name for herself in catching serial killers even after getting fired as an FBI behavioral analyst for being a drunk. So when Sheriff Ken Meltzer of Silas, Georgia, finds the bodies of two 13-year-old girls, killed a decade apart, at the same dump site, he asks Street to consult. She’s met with overt hostility by members of Meltzer’s department, as an outsider interfering with their case, and she stands out as an Asian American, attracting attention throughout the small town. She also piques the interest of the perpetrator, who sends messages to her while snatching another 13-year-old girl. Desperate to save the life of the latest victim, Street—four years sober—also is fighting her desire for a drink and a strong mutual attraction for Meltzer, even though she loves the man she left at home, Atlanta PD officer Aaron Rauser. The third entry in this compelling series features an increasingly suspenseful plot with some delicious final twists. But this is most notable as character-driven crime fiction with a flawed, damaged, Krispy Kreme–loving protagonist who continues to fight her own demons as she tracks a psychopath who blends into the background. A superlative series. --Michele Leber
Review Praise for Amanda Kyle Williams and Don’t Talk to Strangers “An explosive read . . . Amanda Kyle Williams sets the classic private eye novel on fire.”—#1New York Times bestselling author Lee Child“There’s a new voice in Atlanta, and her name is Amanda Kyle Williams.”—Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author “One of the most addictive new series heroines since Stephanie Plum.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Keye Street is my kind of detective—complicated, savvy, flawed, and blessed with a sharply observant dark wit.”—Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author “Both Williams and Street should be around for the long haul, so discover them now from the start.”—Alafair Burke, author of Long Gone “The exciting thing about Williams’ writing is how easily she draws the reader into the drama of the story . . . and she adds enough twists and turns to keep the reader off kilter to the very end.”—The Huffington PostFrom the Hardcover edition.
About the Author Amanda Kyle Williams is the author of The Stranger You Seek, The Stranger in the Room, and Don’t Talk to Strangers. Williams is currently at work on her next Keye Street thriller.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful. A Southern Dose of Creepy By E. Burian-Mohr Keye Street is a great character: a recovering alcoholic still lured by the clink of ice in the glass, former FBI profiler/behavioral analyst fired for being a drunk (Keye's own words), a Chinese orphan adoptee with an adoptive brother who is Black and gay growing up in the south, a Krispy Kreme lover, a private detective with a stoner hacker partner. Keye is sensible, sensuous, and smart with a sense of humor. In earlier works, she has tracked down (and sat on) bail jumpers, corralled lost cows, protected a self-destructive cousin with a stalker, and pursued assorted creepy murders and murderers. In Amanda Kyle Williams' third Keye Street novel, the crimes keep getting creepier.Keye is called to a sleepy Georgia town by Sheriff Ken Meltzer, a man who is too good to be true. The crimes, alas, are not. Two bodies are found -- teenage girls who were victims of a serial killer, held captive, killed, and ultimately dumped in the woods. Unfortunately, the rest of the police force, and much of the town, is less than thrilled with Keye's presence. Given the secrets inherent in the crimes, more and more secrets are piled on, making Keye's job harder and more twisted with every step.This is the best yet of Williams' three Keye Street novels. The main plotline of the girls' murders isn't led astray by other storylines and it makes for a more intense read. But there is still a touch of humor and lightness, along with some devious plot twists and characters straight from the Creep parade. The books don't need to be read in order to make sense. but once you finish this one, you'll want to go back and read the others.Me, I'll just wait for the next one.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. The third (and worst) Keye Street novel By TChris A sheriff in rural Georgia hires Keye Street to consult regarding two abductions and murders of 13-year-old girls that occurred about ten years apart. Of course, the detectives and deputies who work for the sheriff resent her presence. Sadly, that's not the only plot thread in this novel that has been done before.A surprising amount of the story is unoriginal. There is too little to distinguish this novel from the growing stacks of novels about detectives who search for serial killers. Amanda Kyle Williams sets up the usual array of innocent suspects in an effort to keep the reader from guessing the killer's identity. The killer is nevertheless all too easy to identify despite a final desperate attempt at misdirection. While the contrived ending is meant to shock the reader, I suspect most seasoned readers will roll their eyes and say "whatever."As do many novels that feature profilers, Williams substitutes simplistic stereotypes of sex offenders for authentic character portrayals. The pop psychology analysis of serial killers that Keye provides -- emphasized here considerably more than in the first two novels -- is the familiar nonsense of fictional profilers. Her serial killer (like nearly every other fictional serial killer) can't resist taunting Keye by sending her messages. Another girl is abducted while Keye is on the case and it's a race against time as Keye tries to find the girl before she's killed. This has all been done so many times that, in the absence of a truly unexpected development, it became tiresome to read. The plot struck me as the work of a writer going through the motions who was unable to come up with anything new to write about.Williams developed Keye Street as an engaging character in The Stranger You Seek. I liked the second novel in the series a bit less, but still enjoyed Keye's ongoing character development. In Don't Talk to Strangers, Williams abandons the complex character she created. The new Keye Street has become unbearably judgmental and self-righteous -- only she can solve the crime because only she really really really cares about the victims, and nobody else is working hard enough because they just don't care as much as she does. This is an unfortunate trend in modern police/detective novels and I'm sorry to see Williams succumb to it. I liked Keye better when she was too conscious of her own faults to be self-righteous. Of course, she's not quite so hard on the dreamy sheriff who wants to take her to bed. The "will she or won't she" story angle, like the rest of the plot, is predictable and unimaginative.The supporting characters who helped make the first two books enjoyable are all but abandoned in this one. It seems as if Williams is also abandoning the sympathetic Keye Street she created in the first book in order to reposition Keye as yet another anger-consumed detective with profiling skills that border on the supernatural. Novels based on that character sketch are apparently successful so maybe Williams made the change to boost sales. In the acknowledgements at the end of the book, Williams talks about all the people who advised her so that she could finally "get it right." It that explains the decline of this series, Williams should trust her own instincts and stop listening to advisors who want her to write formula fiction. They are guiding a once-promising writer into a wasteland of mediocrity.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Small town secrets... By Denise Crawford Fast-paced and engrossing, this third book in the Keye Street series is one any lover of suspense thrillers must read!Keye Street, disgraced and fired former FBI profiler, has her own private firm dealing with assorted investigations as well as tracking down bail jumpers and serving subpoenas. This time, she's asked to consult on a possible serial murder case in the small town of Whisper, Georgia. The body of a 13-year-old girl has been found deep in the woods in a National Park -- right next to another body of a girl approximately the same age who had been reported missing 11 years previously. With no obvious connection between the victims who did not know each other, Keye and Sherif Ken Meltzer see some clear evidence that these murders are related and that it might be the work of the same killer. As they pursue their investigation, the secrets of this small town are given up one by one. When they finally seem to be closing in, another young female victim is abducted. Can they find this sadistic psychopath before she too is murdered?Nonstop action with a very believable and flawed female protagonist! Even though the reader might make the obvious jump to the identity of the serial killer, the path to the exposure is well-paced and it is impossible to put this book down until the unmasking.I think it's very important to have read the previous books before opening this one as the character of Keye Street develops over the course of the narratives in each. She's a recovering alcoholic and totally self-destructive, but her mistakes and her relentless pursuit of insight make her a heroine to root for despite some of her missteps. More than a little insecure and afraid of commitment, she is slowly finding her way. I look forward to the next installment in this series!
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