Cold Cold Heart

I have read this book at least three times. My father gave it to me about two years ago. I remember I couldn't put it down and for days later parts of it kept coming back to me. Not so long ago I started thinking about it again after reading some John Connolly and James Patterson and had to locate the book and read it again, that's the kind of effect this book will have on you. Elliot is up there on a pedestal with Connolly and Patterson and Harris with this book. It does have some graphic detail and some very gruesome killings but what good is a book without detail?? Mike Culley was a Government agent but is now serving time for lying to congress. His wife killed herself while he was inside and he blames not only himself but holds a serious grudge against those who left him in there. He has a daughter that he has not seen, only because he would not let her come to the prison to visit him there. He gets his chance to be free early when the CIA (his old work buddies) come asking him to track a counterfeiter John Malik, which is the secret identity of a defector that he ran as an Agent in Place in Moscow before getting him out. The CIA convince Culley that he is the only one who can track Malik after he disappears with a wagon load of blank currency paper. They do not however tell him that they also suspect him of being a particularly gruesome and Cold-Blooded killer, one that has been cutting up and mutilating College Co-eds. So reluctantly Culley takes the case, but soon finds out what's really going on when a reporter recognises him. *Enter ex-cop Julie Houser* Together they try to track Malik down but the Plot can only get thicker. As their relationship develops, Malik finds out who is after him and sets about destroying Culley's life by taking the one and only thing that Culley holds dear. Set at a blistering pace, Elliot doesn't let up for a second and the end result is a book that you will not be able to put down once you begin. Read it and See ;-)

I have a new favourite author and his name is James Elliott! I loved this book, edge of your seat suspense all the way through. Unfortunately I could only find one other book by him. Are there any others or does Mr. Elliott write under another pen. Can't wait for more by this terrific author!

YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK, IT IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIM

We thought the book, which we understand is Elliott's first, to be an exciting thriller. The villan, not unlike Hannibal by Harris, or Becker by Sandford, was scary in his hunting for further victims. The hero, Culley was left out to dry by his former employers, the CIA, and brought into the hunt to save their face. He meets a reporter who was a former detective and with a number of other interesting characters in the book, the hunt is on!! A very good read!

Read it just for the shower sex scene. Most sensual scene ever written. At least in my humble opinion.