Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

 

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Five "Devilish Danger" Stars

What Lies Within the Walls of the Orphanage?

A small taste of what lies within:

Peter Barlow has been at St. Vincent's Orphanage for a long time along with some other boys. Priest Poole and a handful of priests run the orphanage with an iron fist as they try to keep the boys in line but things go awry one night when the Sheriff from the local town comes calling as he has with him a man that is very sick and in need of the services by the priests. 

Little do they all know that they have just opened the door to evil as the man that is sick is not just ill but has something wrong with him and when he enters the orphanage all hell will literally break loose within the walls of the orphanage! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book!

Thoughts:

This was my first time reading this author and it won't be my last.  The story moves along at a good pace but really kicks in after the 50% mark. I really liked all the characters in this one though a couple of the priests were mean to the boys and things happen within the story that make you not care what happens to the priests but the story really goes into overdrive not too long after the sick man character comes to the door - once that happens the book slowly builds up speed. 

The author does go into some details with a couple of the boys making you care for more for them and the supporting characters in the book. I literally read the last 30% of the book within a couple of hours as the story escalated around the 70% mark and I had a hard time putting it down! 

Looking forward to reading more books by this author to see what else he has out there that will grab my attention! 

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The Children God Forgot (Patel & Pardoe #2) by Graham Masterton

 

Five "Supernatural Suspense" Stars

What Lies Beneath the London Streets?

A small taste of what lies within:

Jerry Pardoe & Jamila Patel are back in this second installment as they are called to help investigate some unusual activity down deep in the sewers that leads to strange creatures and a possible wicked witch. But there are also babies being born that are deformed which Patel and Pardoe have to figure out how everything is tied together with what is taking place in the sewers! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book! 

Thoughts:

This story was a grabber right from the beginning for me as things in the story happen right away. The pacing was fast as I became more involved in the story as there were two stories to follow within the book - the sewer story and the deformed babies story. I was trying to piece together a puzzle of how they were going to be connected and that mystery is solved after the 50% mark of the book! 

This series of Patel and Pardoe are stand alone books as there are no cliff hangers where the readers would need to jump right into the next book however something might pop up regarding the two sleuths so I have decided to read the books in order. Looking forward to the third book in the series to see what Patel and Pardoe have to deal with next time! 

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I Have A Secret (Sloane Monroe #3) by Cheryl Bradshaw

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Five "Killer Thriller" Stars

Who is the Murderer? 

A small taste of what lies within:

Sloane Monroe returns to her home of Tehachapi, California as a murder has happened that involves one of her old high school classmates (Doug). The suspects within the town are numerous and Sloan will need to dig deep into the heart of the town to find out who and why Doug was murdered! 

That is about all I can hand out with a small taste without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then go read this book! 

Thoughts:

This is the third book in the series of Sloane Monroe and these books can kind of be read as stand alone as they don't end in cliff hangers where you would need to read the next book in the series however saying that sometimes it is better to read them in order as something might pop up regarding the character Sloane from maybe a previous book. 

This book had tons of suspects as the author kept everything well hidden till the very end of the book. I literally could not figure out who the killer was as it could have been any of the characters that were involved. 

The pace of the story was a little slow in the beginning but that was because of world building but once I made it past the 45% mark the story kicked up a notch and then after the 60% mark I was on a roll as the story just exploded with suspense and tension. By that time I was on the edge of my seat and stayed awake till early morning hours a couple or so nights. All in all a great book in this series and looking forward to reading the next book in this series. 

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