Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller #1) by J.D. Barker

 


🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Five "See and Speak No Evil" Stars


Crime Thriller Suspense!

A taste of what lies within:

Detective Sam Porter has been chasing the Four Monkey Killer for years but with a stroke of luck that he never saw coming a bus hits a man believed to be the serial killer. Sam concludes that it is the killer as the serial killer for the last five years has been sending out white boxes with body parts inside and this body is in possession of one of those boxes.  Sam also finds something in the pocket of the dead body which he learns is a diary and Sam along with his team need to decipher the diary to learn where the next victim could be before it is too late!

That is about all I can say without giving away spoilers so I will just give you some thoughts on the book.

Thoughts:

This is my first time reading this author and I was just drawn right away into the storyline as almost right away something happens and I was encased straight into the mystery of the book. As I delved further into the storyline the suspense and mystery of the story became chilling as I would stay up nights reading the book. 

The book goes back and forth with the character Sam reading from the diary that is found on the killer and then Sam and his team trying to figure out where the last victim could be. There are chapters with the victim too which you are able to get inside their mind as they struggle with staying alive and wondering if they will be rescued. 

Tons of psychological tension flows within these pages and the writing style just flows along. The pacing of the book is fast with the chapters rotating from one thing to another which kept me in state of suspense! The detective dialogue was fun to read as there was some banter here and there throughout the story. Just when I thought the whole book was wrapped up with a bow there is a major twist thrown into the story that kind of pulled the rug out from under me as just because the killer is "presumed" to be dead does not mean that he is dead. Definitely will be pursing the rest of the books in this series as I want to find out what happens next!

Attached is the author, J.D. Barker, profile page from Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8224327.J_D_Barker

Attached is the author, J.D. Barker, profile page from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/J.D.-Barker/e/B005FCUYU4

Attached is my review from Goodreads:

No comments:

Post a Comment