This one's not really for the faint of heart. Pretty graphic descriptions of the serial killer's violent crimes against women. But I liked the cat-and-mouse detective vs. killer nature of the plot, and even though the whodunit was rather predictable, it didn't lessen my enjoyment. Unique premise too (the killer stages his murders to reflect those of specific crime novels). What I didn't like as much was the translation (this is a French book translated to English). The translation resulted in both present and past tense narrative. Was confusing at times, and I'm surprised this wasn't picked up on. Unless it was some stylistic thing, but I don't see anything that suggests it was. I thought I'd read the second in the series until I saw its premise. A captive being tortured and kept in a tiny wooden cage is not a place I want to go.