Just Jennifer

Five by Ursula Archer (Minotaur Books, December 2014)

Fans of Scandinavian crime fiction can now look toward to Austria and Detective Beatrice Kaspary for their next obsession.  A young woman is found murdered in a cow pasture; on her feet are fresh tattoos, an odd, but vaguely familiar, combination of letters, numbers and symbols  Beatrice recognizes the alpha numeric sequence as map coordinates and enters the world of geocaching with her partner Florin Wenninger.  In place of the usual trinkets found by geocachers, Beatrice and Florin find severed body parts, all belonging to the same corpse; with each cache they find a twisted clue that leads them to someone who unknowingly has information that provides the next set of coordinates bringing the pair ever closer to a malicious and diabolical killer who knows everyone’s secrets, including Beatrice's.  The graphic nature of the crimes may not be for everyone but the clever plot and interesting characters with all their flaws and foibles make this a page turner from beginning to end leaving readers breathless and eager for more cases for Beatrice and Florin.