REVIEWED BY JONATHAN DURBIN
THRILLER
Australian Robotham's latest offers an unsettling look into a killer's mind—mostly from the vantage of deviant-psychology professor Joe O'Loughlin. Haunted after he's unable to stop the suicide of a woman police have asked him to talk down, O'Loughlin investigates and uncovers a psychopath who uses victims' children as bait in a game of murder. Robotham is a fine storyteller, and his characters, including hard-bitten detective Veronica Cray, are captivating. Shatter may not reinvent the genre, but it lives up to its title.
