The Collector

In Fiona Cummins's The Collector, the second installment in the Bone Collector series, this bone-chilling thriller with leave you on the seat. This novel picks up where it left off from the debut of Rattle. For DI Etta Fitzroy, she's the lead inspector for the Metropolitan Police at the Leigh-on-the-Sea, England. It all started where five-year-old Clara Foyle have been missing since her abduction. And she wasn't an ordinary child. She was born with cleft hands. And that's something that the Bone Collector aka Brian Howley loves to collect, children with bone deformities. While the hunt is on for Etta to find Clara, she's teamed up with DI Antonia Storm as her new partner in the investigation. But for Saul Anguish, a teenager who has a crush on Cassidy Cranston, he's been a victim of a domestic household when his father had gone missing, and his mother Gloria isn't a good role model for him. But when he worked at the pet store, he befriends a man named Mr. Silver, who wanted him to be his "son" and groom him for his kidnapped kills. And when Etta learns about Sunday Cranston's disappearance, it hits closer to home that the Collector was back to collect more deformed children as his specimens for experimentation. While Saul gets closer to know the truth about him, he has a plan to save Clara and have a plan to take down the killer as we do get to know more about Howley's background in flashbacks of his upbringings. In a race against time, it's up to Etta to stop the killer end in his serial killing reign for good.

This thriller had sent me goosebumps in every turning page and would leave you feeling breathless at the end of the novel. I did care for Etta and how she worked to save Clara and others, while she kept her new pregnancy a secret. I did care for the Foyles and the Cranstons and the Friths who were all victims of a sadistic and sick crime. I also feel pains for Saul who liked in a turbulent home with his mother and how she ended up becoming a hometown hero. I did love the scenic locations and the gripping settings around Leigh-on-the-Sea from the precinct to the collector's family home. This would make you hold onto your hat and keep your lights on at night with non-stop action, mind-blowing drama, suspense and mystery to keep you hooked.

Will you be there to stop the Collector today?