Dead End Girl

This novel was quite engaging for the first 75 pages, but then it quickly devolves into a horrifyingly unprofessional shitshow by the main character. Reminded me of [b:Need to Know 40647345 Need to Know Karen Cleveland https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529995079s/40647345.jpg 55506959], the other novel with an abysmally STUPID main character who is also completely unprofessional. Just once, I'd love to read about a competent woman character who doesn't go around kissing local cops and doing stupid crap like antagonize everyone and being a rebel maverick and all that.It boggled my mind to read all the idiotic, unprofessional things that a supposed FBI agent who “possesses good instincts” like Violet Darger did when she was working this case. Just, wow... The entire book and story is marred by it. And by the seemingly endless amount of pages that rambled on from the killer's perspective, talking about darkness and the abyss and falling into it and darkness and the abyss and falling into it and getting caught in it and being alone and the darkness and the abyss and falling into it and getting caught in it and being alone darkness and ... You get my drift. Like. For goodness sake!