Product Description

How far would you be willing to go to catch a killer? Six years ago a stray bullet made Madeline Harris a single parent. In an attempt to fight back, she joins the Detroit police department, and is assigned to their Sex Crimes Unit. She quickly proves herself as an emerging star, who always gets her man. When a serial killer, dubbed The Midwest Strangler, begins preying on the women of Central Michigan University, Madeline is called on to bring him down. What begins as an undercover operation that could make or break her career, lands Madeline in a fight for her life against a madman, with a score to settle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2134096 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-17
• Binding: Paperback
• 238 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781599713250
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Review
Finally a breath of fresh air -- K'wan Foye: Best selling author of Gangsta, Road Dawgz, Street Dreams, Hoodlum & Eve

With these hands is a must read thriller, with a twist that'll shock everyone. -- K'wan Foye: Best selling author of Gangsta, Road Dawgz, Street Dreams, Hoodlum & Eve

With these hands is a must read thriller, with a twist that'll shock everyone. --K'wan Foye: Best selling author of Gangsta, Road Dawgz, Street Dreams, Hoodlum & Eve

About the Author
Derek Vitatoe graduated from Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University, where he received a Masters in Human Resources Administration, a Bachelor in Sociology, and minored in Criminal Justice. He is a Human Resources professional and part time community college instructor.

Customer Reviews

Inside The Mind of a Serial Killer
Michigan Central University has a serial killer amongst it's student body. But what would drive an ordinary college student in becoming what the media has labeled "The Mid-West Strangler"? Could one lie coupled with a childhood secret change a regular college student into a heartless killer? Detective Madeline Harris is sent undercover as a college student to help catch the killer. But even being one of Detroit's most decorated African American detectives may not be enough to help Madeline catch The Mid West Strangler.

Author Derek Vitatoe expertly narrates this story in the voices of the serial killer and the detective assigned to bring him down. Just when readers think that the story has reached it's dramatic conclusion Mr. Vitatoe delivers a stunner that will leave readers mouths hanging open and begging for a part II.

A New Author to Watch!!!
Your hands can get you into a lot of trouble. Brooks Traver has always been quiet, always watching those around him. After living under the absent hands of his mother and being touched daily by his Aunt Cecile, Brooks spent his formative years in juvenile detention. He was locked up because he couldn't keep his hands off things. Brooks was released before his 18th birthday, earned a scholarship to attend Michigan Central University to educate himself and live a normal life. Until Nicole started spreading lies and he had to take matters into his own hands.

Madeline Harris is a single mom with an intense work ethic as leader of the sex crime unit at her precinct. All of her friends want her to let her hair down and relax...meet a man and have a life. Just as she finds `Mr. Right' she lands knee deep in a case involving the "infectious man case". As that case is winding down, the "Midwest Strangler" puts his hands around the necks of the women of Delta Chi Omega. Madeline goes deep undercover to wrap her hands around the case but that just might cost her life.

WITH THESE HANDS is slow to start but the action takes off around page 70. As the plot thickens you will keep turning the pages trying to guess who does what next. Even though the book wasn't carefully edited, it doesn't distract much from the unique storyline. The main characters were well developed but some of the secondary characters could use more work. The ending makes one wonder if a sequel is in the works...I sure hope so as Vitatoe has won a space on my new authors to watch list.

Deltareviewer
Reviewing for Real Page Turners

Good Story


This is the first release from K'wan's Black Dawn Books. A good murder mystery that certainly got my attention.
Not bad for Derek Vitaoe's first round in the literary arena. All the characters were will thought out with enough background information to keep the flow. An unexpected twist at the end had me wanting to read another fifty pages. I hope Derek gives us a sequel to this one.
I was expecting to find out a little more about the character "The Infectious Man" since he had an interaction with Natalie and she chose to keep it quiet, her reasons never being disclosed...you left me hanging on that one!

Locksie

ARC Book Club Inc.

Star Rating ****4.0