Without Consent
By Kathryn Fox
3.5/5
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Forensic pathologist and physician, Dr. Anya Crichton does not just examine the dead. She also treats survivors of sexual assault, and the women she now sees compel her to follow the trail of a violent serial rapist—who is becoming more brutal with each attack. When two new victims are stabbed to death, suspicion immediately falls on Geoffrey Willard, recently released from twenty years in prison for the vicious rape and murder of a teenage girl.
As the community demands justice, Anya faces the greatest ethical dilemma of her career. If Willard is innocent, her forensic evidence will destroy a respected pathologist's reputation. If Anya is wrong, she has ensured not only that a seasoned killer goes free, but that he remains unstoppable.
Only the killer knows a mistake has been made. One that is about to prove fatal . . .
Kathryn Fox
Kathryn Fox is a medical practitioner with a special interest in forensic medicine. Her bestselling debut novel, Malicious Intent, received international acclaim and was awarded the Davitt Award for adult fiction. Kathryn currently lives in Sydney, Australia.
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Reviews for Without Consent
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another gripping thriller from one of my favourite authors. Every time I though I had it figured out it twisted into another direction. And I had to remarshall my thoughts.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5So this would have been a one day book had I waited to start it. Although I figured out the link between the cases very early, I enjoyed seeing how the back story developed. I also liked that this one focused on Kate while Anya was working with SVU in NYC.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A good, and an easy to listen to, story. Not my favourite and certainly not the worst book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Events in this book start when a man is released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence for the rape and murder of a 14-year old girl. Coincidentally (or is it?) a new series of brutal rapes begins and forensic doctor Anya Crichton helps police to investigate the crimes.
This book reads like one of the early Patricia Cornwell stories. You know the ones before she completely lost the plot and started bringing her characters back from the dead and other such nonsense. It's fast-paced and full of suspense and tantalising pathways that allow you to think you’ve worked out whodunit only to find out after a chapter or two that you’re not as smart as you thought you were. Not only did I fail to predict the ending but when it did happen I slapped my forehead Homer Simpson style and thought ‘I should have seen that, the clues were all there’. For me that is the most satisfying way to finish this kind of book.
Unlike Cornwell's protagonist Fox’s Crichton is a wholly believable character who is not super human and doesn’t always have things go her way. Part of the reason the characters are so credible is the well researched back story information on important elements like the sexual assault clinic and the treatment of rape victims by the justice system. And while the forensic information seems to be good (how would I know really) the details don’t overwhelm the story as can happen in the lesser examples of this genre.
All in all a great read and I am looking forward to Skin and Bone which is already in my TBR pile. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Once again puts Cornwell and Reichs to shame!