WHERE SERPENTS LIE

WHERE SEPENTS LIE is creepy as can be, mixing high suspense with interestingly troubled characters and a hungry thirty-foot long pet snake. Terry Naughton, the cop who heads the sheriff’s Crimes Against Youth division, is desperately working to collar a snake-loving pedophile before he murders one of his young victims. But Naughton’s efforts grind to a halt when he himself is arrested for pedophilia. Is he being framed, or is the photographic evidence genuine? Much of Parker’s dialogue is presented in the first person, providing reader Phil Gigante the opportunity to articulate the complex thoughts and emotions that drives both hunter and hunted. Gigante illuminates Parkers' powerful word pictures with a crisp, straightforward narration. T.J.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2009]