Stone Maidens

As the chief forensic anthropologist for the FBI's Chicago field office, Christine Prusik has worked her fair share of bizarre cases. Yet this one trumps them all: a serial killer is strangling young women and dumping their bodies in the steep, forested ravines of southern Indiana. With each victim, the killer leaves a calling card: a stone figurine carved like the spirit stones found among the primitive tribes of Papua New Guinea--the same tribes from whom Prusik narrowly escaped a decade earlier while doing field research. The similarity is eerie and, frankly, terrifying; Prusik still carries the scars from the tribesmen's attack. But is the connection real? Or have the dark details of Prusik's nightmares finally wormed their way into her waking life? Displaying the expertise of a veteran writer, debut novelist Lloyd Devereux Richards skillfully builds layers of psychological suspense and terror into a compulsively readable whodunit.

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323 pages

Average rating: 6.26

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TurboLove
Aug 01, 2024
3/10 stars
I’m going to try to write this review without saying too much about the conclusion. The only reason I suffered through this book is because it was part of my book club. My skin crawled everything I had to pick up this book. 😖 besides the terrible writing and lack of detail in areas that needed details but way too much information is areas that didn’t need it, this books plot and storyline had potential. The only character I had any interest in was David Claremont. I felt nothing for one of the main characters- Prusik! She was mostly boring and if she wasn’t being that she was overwhelming annoying and insignificant. Her character represented a woman with childish antics including selfishness and extreme desire of love. Which brings me to the point that I probably would have enjoyed this more if the love interest was cut out. Why can’t a woman just fight for what she wants without seeking love. It is a short read with a twist. If that’s all that you’re looking for then it might be a good read…
Deswheels
Oct 22, 2023
10/10 stars
This book is definitely worth the hype! It so intense and had me screaming in the first chapter. There are so many twists I cannot wait to read the rest of the books in this series. Great thriller reader with lots of suspense.
eadietzesq
Mar 13, 2023
7/10 stars
Totally picked this up because it was a TikTok phenomenon (though i heard about it via Instagram) and it was actually pretty interesting. Definitely had a twist I didn’t see coming!

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