Review of Segment of One

Post by **Damian Keyes** » 12 Jun 2022, 21:39

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Segment of One" by Michael Grigsby.]

4 out of 4 stars

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A serial killer is loose in Texas who has been killing people at random times in various places. Nick Vanderhoff is 64-years-old and has retired as a Marketing Analyst for over thirty years. Nick's friend in the FBI asks him to create a trend model for the different crimes in the surrounding Dallas area. The model Nick designed leads to the revelation that there is an active serial killer in the state. Nick will use his expertise in marketing and predicting trends to help the FBI find where and when this killer will attack next.

Segment of One is a crime-thriller that follows the perspective of three people: Nick, Holly, and the serial killer. The author does an incredible job of telling these three individual stories and how they connect. Outside of the crime element of this book, Nick is embracing a new life as a retired, single man. His wife of many years died of cancer last year. Now he is making time in life to reconnect with his estranged daughter Mary and supergenius granddaughter Holly and go back on the dating scene. Holly is trying to navigate life as a pre-teen whose father died five years prior and having social problems at school. Nick never thought he would work this hard in his life again. Will he be able to predict the killer(s) next event before anyone else gets killed? You have to get this book to find out.

I love murder mysteries that show the audience the perspective of the killer and those who try to stop them. If you are a fan of thrillers that will take you on a rollercoaster, as this one did with me, this is the book for you. I have to preface that this book contains vulgar language, discussions of pedophilia, and explicit descriptions of death. The conversation surrounding pedophilia and child abuse was uncomfortable, but it fulfilled the identity of one of the characters. If this part could be triggering to anyone, I would not recommend this book to you.

Many things stood out to me that I love about this book. One, in particular, is the background of who this serial killer is and the method to his madness. The author left no detail off when discussing the ticks of this person and what motivated him(or her) to do what they did. My favorite character in the book is Nick because he is a standup guy and is always there for his family. I was not fond of Leroy Marvin of the FBI's BAU division or Solomon.

I'm giving Segment of One 4 out of 4 stars. The story was cohesive and transitioned from each main character's POV in an easy flow that kept me on track. I found a couple of spelling and grammar errors that are easily fixable with another round of spellcheck. These minimal errors did not take away from my enjoyment of the story; this book is professionally edited. I could not find anything that I disliked about this book, storywise.

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Amy Luman · Post by **Amy Luman** » 14 Jun 2022, 14:04

Does anyone ever really retire? I know that you can stop being paid, that part is easy, but how do you stop doing what you’ve done for several years? I think I’ll enjoy this novel from the killer’s POV.