by J.D. Barker
For five years, the Fourth Monkey Killer, a pseudo-vigilante serial killer, has reigned terror on the city of Chicago....punishing those he believes "Do evil" by abducting their daughters. Within days, they receive a small white box...."Hear no evil".Then a second box...."See no evil".Then a third.....
I don’t read a ton of straight up thrillers because the police procedural bits usually don’t thrill me but this one did. It’s about a serial killer (those I do like!) and not only does it follow the current day rush to find a kidnapped teen left for dead, it also tells the creepy tale of the killer’...
Thanks to Net Galley and to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for offering me an ARC copy of this book that I freely chose to review. This novel ticks many of the boxes of successful thrillers: interesting and gruesome crimes (and a pretty bizarre serial killer), police procedural elements (and an investiga...
Ha ha LOVED this. Easy 5* read. Clever plotting, great characters and a spot on "bloody hell" ending. Gruesome too. I rather relished the gruesomeness not sure what that says about me.Still. Excellent excellent stuff.Full review closer to publication at request of publisher. Put it on your lists tho...
Chicago homicide detective Sam Porter has spent much of the last 5 years hunting for the “Fourth Monkey Killer” (4MK). Seven victims, twenty-one little white boxes…..each containing first an ear, then the eyes & last, the tongue. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. But it’s the fourth monkey t...