What the characters experience isn't brushed aside, but their demons are faced head on and developed to add layers to the story. 'Frasier is exceptional at weaving together the character trauma and the central plot. ' The Body Reader is a superb novel full of suspenseful exploits.An electrifying murder mystery-one of the best of the year.' -Mysterious Reviews And no one knows madmen like Jude Fontaine. But a killer is on the loose, murdering young women, so the detectives have no choice: they must work together to catch the madman before he strikes again. Her new partner, Detective Uriah Ashby, doesn't trust her sanity, and he has a story of his own he'd rather keep hidden. Despite colleagues' doubts about her mental state, she resumes her role at Homicide. Learning his every line, every movement, and every flicker of thought is what kept her alive.Īfter her experience with isolation and torture, she is left with a fierce desire for justice-and a heightened ability to interpret the body language of both the living and the dead. Held in an underground cell, her only contact was with her sadistic captor, and reading his face was her entire existence. And no one knows madmen like Jude Fontaine.Ī Thriller Award winner, Best Paperback Original Novel.įor three years, Detective Jude Fontaine was kept from the outside world.

After her experience with isolation and torture, she is left with a fierce desire for justice-and a heightened ability to interpret the body language of both the living and the dead. Learning his every line, every movement, and every flicker of thought is what kept her alive. About the Book For three years, Detective Jude Fontaine was kept from the outside world.

The Body Reader by Anne Frasier