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This might be one of the best mystery novels I have ever read (and that's saying something coming from someone with over 700 books in her Goodreads library). I loved the first novel so much, I never thought I would read the sequel and find it even better. Part of the love is due to the amazing protagonist, Dr. Theo Cray. I've always had a soft spot for brilliant but introverted scientists, which is part of why I found him so endearing in the first book. In this sequel, however, Dr. Cray has hardened a lot and had some exposure to the darker side of the world, which has transformed him from a naive scientist to something much more dangerous and focused. I also love how Dr. Cray solves the mystery in his own way -- as he admits regularly, he is not a police officer or a CSI technician. He is a biologist and a pattern analyzer. He locates clues by looking at DNA and bacteria, not fingerprints and interviewing witnesses. He is also very much a loner, and like in the first novel he can't stand to wait around for other people to catch up to him (often much to his detriment, unfortunately).

The antagonist in this novel was also fascinating and different. The very nature of the way Dr. Cray identifies killers means he doesn't locate run-of-the-mill sociopaths. I greatly appreciate, however, that the author didn't let the novel follow the exact same path as the first one--this killer has a different personality, a different set of circumstances, and so the finale is very different.

In the first novel, Dr. Cray was naive and just learning about this dark world. In this novel, he's more experienced and beginning to refine his craft (that is, hunting serial killers). Now he's all set up and ready for the third novel. I can't wait to see where he goes next.


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Looking Glass The Naturalist Book 2 edition by Andrew Mayne Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

Yes!!!! Looking Glass lived up to it's predecessor and was everything I hoped it would be. As I reader, I always worry that a sequel will not be as good as the first. My worries were unfounded. I loved every minute of this one almost as much as the first. I say almost only because there is nothing like the first love, the first intro to a beloved character, story and author. Firsts can never really be duplicated but Looking Glass is an excellent second. The author took everything I loved about the first book and amped it up to version 2.0.

To my delight, Looking Glass has a darker, more sinister feel to it. Maybe it is that the killer targeting kids, maybe it is that a shadowy arm of the government enabling the killer, maybe it was the disturbingly twisted details of the crime scenes, or that my beloved Theo Cray actually grew a set and became more disciplined, careful and calculated. Whatever it was the combination payed off and delighted me. Yeah, dark and delightful really do go together, at least for me.

Theo Cray has grown from the likable, yet naive, un-hero to better equipped more controlled seeker of justice. Theo walked rather than stumbled into this hunt of the Toy Man, thought to be an urban myth but who turns out to be all too real, preying upon children of inner cities.

As with the first in this series, I didn't always understand every detail of the science but appreciated it none the less, after all, we are following a computation biologist who uses science to track his prey. The science and the details are as much a part of the story as the characters. The author continues to push boundaries of reality in creating this thrilling, fast paced and completely unique story that will stay with me for a long, long while. If you are a stickler for realism, details grounded in absolute fact and can't handle creative license, then move right along. This requires the reader have the ability to stretch their imagination and allow the author to work his magic.
This is the second book in Mayne’s Naturalist series (that was the name of the first book), about Dr. Theo Cray, a former professor whose combined expertise in biology and computer analysis and ability to spot patterns that no one else sees helped him identify a prolific serial killer of young women and brought him to the (mostly positive) attention of the intelligence community. Here he hunts a second killer, the Toy Man, whose preferred victims are young boys. It would be a good idea to read the first book before you read this one, both to gain useful background on Cray and because the author repeatedly refers to the murderer in the first book by name, so you will lose some of the suspense in that book if you read it after this one.

Unquestionably this book is a very good thriller think Jonathan Kellerman with fewer interviews, a sprinkling of “spook” (as in spy, mysterious agencies with alphabet-letter titles) stuff, and some really cool science (fluorescent bacteria! CSI, eat your heart out!). The villain is certainly a quintessence of Evil, and the hunt for him is definitely suspenseful. However, at least for me, the book did not reach the almost painful level of intensity that the first volume did, nor was the character development as complex. In short, very good, yes; outstanding, no. Mayne can do better.
It is the second book in the series and I liked it a little less than the first. Professor Theo is a changed man but he still has some science-based tricks in his sleeve that he uses to catch the next serial killer. The story is very good; there are no dull moments in it. There are not logic gaps in the plot except I am not sure if I understood what happened at the very end. I liked old Theo more than the new one but I did not like frequent reminders of the first book since they did not have much in common with the current plot. So I was hovering between 4 and 5 stars when I asked myself what I enjoyed most. The answer is that I enjoyed all Theo’s small tricks. I cannot tell if some of them are even possible but the one with the raccoons was worth 6 stars by itself. Cannot say more without spoilers, if you are curious you have to read the book. So, forgetting all small disappointments, 5 stars for the raccoons.
This might be one of the best mystery novels I have ever read (and that's saying something coming from someone with over 700 books in her Goodreads library). I loved the first novel so much, I never thought I would read the sequel and find it even better. Part of the love is due to the amazing protagonist, Dr. Theo Cray. I've always had a soft spot for brilliant but introverted scientists, which is part of why I found him so endearing in the first book. In this sequel, however, Dr. Cray has hardened a lot and had some exposure to the darker side of the world, which has transformed him from a naive scientist to something much more dangerous and focused. I also love how Dr. Cray solves the mystery in his own way -- as he admits regularly, he is not a police officer or a CSI technician. He is a biologist and a pattern analyzer. He locates clues by looking at DNA and bacteria, not fingerprints and interviewing witnesses. He is also very much a loner, and like in the first novel he can't stand to wait around for other people to catch up to him (often much to his detriment, unfortunately).

The antagonist in this novel was also fascinating and different. The very nature of the way Dr. Cray identifies killers means he doesn't locate run-of-the-mill sociopaths. I greatly appreciate, however, that the author didn't let the novel follow the exact same path as the first one--this killer has a different personality, a different set of circumstances, and so the finale is very different.

In the first novel, Dr. Cray was naive and just learning about this dark world. In this novel, he's more experienced and beginning to refine his craft (that is, hunting serial killers). Now he's all set up and ready for the third novel. I can't wait to see where he goes next.