The Book: Purified

The Author: Elizabeth S. Sullivan

The Story: When a mutilated body of an African American girl is found in a park sandbox, the media shows no interest. Instead, their attention is riveted on the disappearance of Olivia Safra, a college student and only child of the powerful and dangerous Richard Safra. Suspended ADA, Beck Oldman, demoted to a rookie PI is assigned her first cases to find a missing teenager and Olivia Safra.

Leads connect the murders to the Safra case. The investigation into her client’s private life reveals a dark side in the relationship between a father and daughter and exacts his wrath against Beck. More girls are found murdered, putting Beck in a race to stop a serial killer and stop her own client from destroying her

PURIFIED is a thrilling story that explores many dark subjects, including what it does to those who have to live in the world of killers in order to stop them.

About Elizabeth Sullivan:

After Elizabeth S. Sullivan earned her JD while working full-time teaching English she decided to follow the advice she gave to students: follow your passion.

She has written five screenplays, one short, and has worked as a script doctor. Elizabeth has won screenplay competitions and has been a semifinalist twice, in the prestigious Nicholl competition, which garnered Elizabeth a manager, LITTLE STUDIO FILMS in Beverly Hills.

Her passions in life are books, films, the environment, and her family.

Review by R. Vincent:

Liz Sullivan has created a story that haunts the reader with its realism, its raw emotion, and its grab you by the throat pacing. Beck Oldman finds herself dealing with a nightmare killer, someone who preys on teenage girls with efficient, calculated sadism.

Beck herself lives her own nightmare while trying to stop another: she is a disbarred lawyer plagued by her past and her own flaws. In a book that deserves a place on the bookshelf of any mystery, thriller, or crime reader, we have a heroine who finds herself dealing with an antagonist who makes Hannibal the Cannibal from the Silence of The Lambs seem like a genial neighbor.

Purified never averts its eyes from the darkest side of lost souls or damaged hopes. The story continually raises the stakes to a point that is beyond razor sharp. It is a page turner and I look forward to reading the next book by this talented writer.

Review by Mystery Writer:

Purified is a Deaver style, dark, fast paced, spellbinding thriller that definitely keeps the reader guessing. Its characters are original, fascinating and multidimensional. Elizabeth S. Sullivan’s descriptions are absolutely captivating.

Positively some of the best I had ever read. Purified picks the reader up at page one, and does not put him/her down up until the very end. What a great, entertaining ride! I could not put this book down.