A Beautiful Madness
by:
Lee Thompson (author)
A Texas Senator and his wife go missing… On the same day, their son is slaughtered by an enigmatic killer on the lawn of ex-Governor Edward Wood’s residence. Sammy, Wood’s drug dealing son, suspects his father of the crime. After all, his old man snapped once before and crippled his wife with a...
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A Texas Senator and his wife go missing… On the same day, their son is slaughtered by an enigmatic killer on the lawn of ex-Governor Edward Wood’s residence. Sammy, Wood’s drug dealing son, suspects his father of the crime. After all, his old man snapped once before and crippled his wife with a lead pipe. But there’s something more to these events…something deeper and festering just beneath the surface…In direct opposition to Homicide Detective Jim Thompson, Sammy begins an investigation of his own, searching for the truth in a labyrinth of lies, deception, depravity and violence that drags him deeper into darkness and mayhem with each step. And in doing so, brings them all into the sights of an elusive and horrifying killer who may not be what he seems.A brutal killer on a rampage of carnage…a hardened detective on the brink…an antihero from the shadows…a terrifying mystery that could destroy them all…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781940544
Pages no: 281
Edition language: English
Edward Wood is a disgraced former governor who broke up his family with one horrifying act of violence. Edward witnesses the death of a teenage boy in his yard and sees the killer leaving the scene. His eldest son, Sammy, believes that his father may be responsible but he soon changes his mind when ...
In Lee Thompson's latest work, he moves away from his comfort zone and tries his hand in the crime/thriller genre. While I had some trepidation about this one due to him trying something new, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it worked for me. The storyline is narrated by the main character, S...
If second-person narration is the red-headed stepchild of style, then first-person omniscient is the creepy uncle whom no one trusts. You don't see him often, and when you do, you don't quite know what to make of him. Even though there's nothing technically wrong with him, he's jarring, and can be h...
If second-person narration is the red-headed stepchild of style, then first-person omniscient is the creepy uncle whom no one trusts. You don't see him often, and when you do, you don't quite know what to make of him. Even though there's nothing technically wrong with him, he's jarring, and can be h...
I received this book through my Darkfuse Book Club membership, which I have thoroughly enjoyed. I am also one of Mr. Thompson’s pre-readers. First off, you have an experiment with a unique narrative voice that some have called “first person omniscient.” Whether that truly is the case or whether...
10 years ago
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