Dania Deschamps, Thirst

Thirst

Dania Deschamps

White Bull, 2006, $14.00

ISBN: 0976998506

At the Casa Marina in Key West, the man curses the woman before he slashes her viciously to death, not caring that she is pregnant. At about the same time the homicide occurred, thirty seven year old attorney and mother of two small children (Jordan and Daniella) Dominique Olivet leaves her grumbling spouse Bill in bed to head over to the St, Mary's Church, where she informs her friend Linda about the homicide dream. Linda tells her to relax and that she will soon know what it means because Dominique has the gift.

The police arrests impoverished Ben Hargrave on the Casa Marina murder of Regina. When the Public Defender's Office claimed conflict Judge Juan Sanchez Sr. appoints Dominique to represent Ben, who insists he did not kill his beloved Regina. The State of Florida assigns Rolf del Castillo to prosecute what appears to be an open and shut case. However, the obvious is not as lucid as some believe, and soon more blood flows, leaving Dominique to fear something evil has taken control of Key West.

This terrific legal serial killer thriller provides varying perspectives, with the most enlightening and fascinating in a macabre way being inside the mind of the killer. The storyline is action-packed as the psychopath goes about his grim tasks, of which many are graphically sexually predatory. Readers will ponder the ultimate question of whether an obviously insane person can be evil, as free will and knowing right from wrong are missing from their mental and emotional makeup.