I think Headhunter is one of my top CSI novels. It is one of the longest – if not the longest – in the series so far. Again it is a new author for the series as well as being the first of the novels not to feature Sara Sidle. I am rather glad that Headhunter does not further confuse the series timeline. One slight odd thing I noticed with the book is that on the rear cover art Warrick’s picture has been replaced by Hodges while Sara still has her place.
The storyline in Headhunter is quite addictive. It has twists and turns which keep you guessing throughout. I did have some suspicions about the killer although I was easily thrown off the scent. I don’t think having Grissom in peril was an all that effective plot twist nor was the bit with Catherine because the reader knows full well that the CSIs cannot be killed off in the book series without it having happened in the television series. Not that I particularly want any of the characters killed off.
I found the killer herself to be very interesting. I liked how once the CSIs had solved the crime we saw things, in a sense, from the point of view of the killer as she stalked Grissom.
Headhunter to me felt like a return to the previous standard of books. Yes the characterisations weren’t as dead on as those from Max Allan Collins but they were pretty close. A slight error saw Catherine described as being blonde rather than a redhead but that is a very minor quibble.
I did find myself missing Sara but that cannot be helped and it is just something I am going to have to get used to.
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