Tag Archives: novel

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
480

ISBN:
9780008217006

 

Chicago Detective Sam Porter has spent half a decade chasing down the Four Monkey Killer, AKA the 4MK, a brilliant and sadistic killer who uses murder to punish those closest to his victims. Can Porter save the 4MK’s latest victim in time or will evil once again be done?

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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
320

ISBN:
9780735213005

 

When the child abductor, rapist and murderer known as the Marsh King escapes from his maximum security prison, it throws Helena’s world upside down.

Helena’s husband and daughters don’t know that Helena is the Marsh King’s daughter; that Helena was born two years into her mother’s 14 year captivity; or that Helena is the only person who can out hunt, out track and outsmart the Marsh King. But the Marsh King knows … and he’s coming home.

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Overwatch by Matthew Betley (2016)

Review by CJ

Page count:
389

ISBN:
9781925533941

Former Marine and current alcoholic Logan West has had his fair share of hangovers. Though none quite compare to awakening hungover to an intruder with connections to a group bent on starting World War III. Logan must work with former teammates and unlikely allies if he is to stop the shadows of his past from darkening everyone’s future.

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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
368

ISBN:
9780141375632

 

When five students attend detention and only four leave alive, the surviving students are thrown into the spotlight as suspects in the deceased’s murder investigation.

When it’s discovered that the deceased was going to publicly reveal secrets that could ruin the four survivors, the geek, the jock, the princess and the criminal must work out which of them is capable of murder.

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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (1983)

Review by CJ

Page count:
200

ISBN:
978-0-099-28847-3 

 

Arthur Kipps is sent to a remote village in England to go through the mountains of papers belonging to a now deceased client. After evasive behaviour from the townsfolk, Arthur makes his way to the client’s house but finds much more than just some dusty old papers.

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