impressive ability to solve crimes. themselves buried deep in the
case along with the female lieuReiko makes a discovery that
tenant. But the killer isn't far from
leads the police to uncover eleven
her heels…
other bodies, all wrapped in the
same sort of plastic. Few of the
Tetsuya Honda's writing is clever,
bodies are identifiable, but the
frightening, and suspenseful. Eve-
ones that are, have no connection
ry page brings readers closer to
to each other. The only possible
the danger at hand. A killer that
clue is a long shot lead to a web-
kills because the world is much
site, spoken only in whispers on
better then when there's no kill-
the Internet, something on the
ing...no fighting. The feel from
dark web known as "Strawberry
the first kill sparked something
Night."
into the insane, unstable killer
Synopsis:
When a body wrapped in a blue
plastic tarp and tied up with twine
is discovered near the bushes near
whom a female lieutenant, Reiko,
But while she is hunting the killer, is out to catch.
the killer is hunting her... and she
may very well have been marked
A strong independent woman who
as the next victim.
has a way of solving cases. Little
a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lt. Reiko Himekawa and
does she know this one will take
Rating: 5 stars
her squad take the case. The vic-
everything she has to solve or it
might be too late. I also enjoyed
tim was slaughtered brutally---his Review:
wounds are bizarre, and no one
the companionship that Reiko
shares with an older doctor. Their
can figure out the "what" or the
The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Hon-
"why" of this crime.
da is a thriller that will leave read- family life, of Reiko's, is an interers feeling cold with fear. An inesting one that many readers can
At age twenty-nine, Reiko Hime-
friendship is refreshing and the
side gateway to what the killer
kawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan
easily relate to...Overall, I highly
thinks and feels sends shivers
Police's Homicide Division is
recommend The Silent Dead to
down my spine. The dead are pil-
readers everywhere.
young to have been made lieuten- ing up, and the killer isn't satisfied
ant, particularly because she lacks unless there's constant bloodshed.
any kind of political or family con- Every bloodshed means the killer
nections. Despite barriers created feels the world is not grey...and
by age, gender, and lack of con-
when it feels grey there's bound to
nections, she is mentally tough,
be another killing. The suspense is
oblivious to danger, and has an
overwhelming. Readers will find