Georgia Thackery is
feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious
Cattenhall College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for
herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton.
Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named
Judy shows up looking for her friend. Georgia doesn’t recognize the
name, but she learns that the person Judy was looking for is actually
Sid.
Sid reveals that he and Judy are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing. Sid admits that he might have bragged about his investigative prowess, enough so that Judy wants him to find their missing player. Given that Sid doesn’t have many friends IRL―none, really, unless you count the Thackery family―Georgia agrees to help him search. They manage to discreetly enlist Judy, who lives in town, and follow the clues to… a dead buddy. Now they’ve got a killer on their hands. Probing the life of Sid’s friend, they realize a lot is wrong both on campus and in the seemingly quaint town, and someone doesn’t want them looking deeper.
On a plane from London to Boston, Ted and Lily meet. Does this sounds familiar? Even so, Peter Swanson gives it his own special twist that kept me reading, cover to cover.
Ted’s a rich businessman and Lily works is a free spirit. But you don’t want to cross her.
They begin a game of truth and it gets way out of hand. Just the kind of games I love reading about.
The circle of treachery went round and round, piece by piece. Things didn’t go as planned, but do they ever? The betrayals and vengeance was shared by all.
I knew what would happen…sorta…
Playing judge, jury and executioner can bring bad Karma to you.
The pacing of the mystery kept me reading, unable to put the book down. It plays with my head as I try to keep everything straight and figure out who’s going to do what to who. Do they really think they’ll get away with it? Will they get away with it? Who is they? Can a bad person be good? LOL Full circle.
The writing is fantastic. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting. I didn’t find all the answers until the very last page. Way to go Peter!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson.
5 Stars
GOODREADS BLURB
A devious tale of psychological suspense involving sex, deception, and an accidental encounter that leads to murder. Fans of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train will love this modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train from the author of the acclaimed The Girl with a Clock for a Heart—which the Washington Post said “should be a contender for crime fiction’s best first novel of 2014.”
On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many martinis, the strangers begin to play a game of truth, revealing very intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his marriage that’s going stale and his wife Miranda, who he’s sure is cheating on him. Ted and his wife were a mismatch from the start—he the rich businessman, she the artistic free spirit—a contrast that once inflamed their passion, but has now become a cliché.
But their game turns a little darker when Ted jokes that he could kill Miranda for what she’s done. Lily, without missing a beat, says calmly, “I’d like to help.” After all, some people are the kind worth killing, like a lying, stinking, cheating spouse. . . .
Back in Boston, Ted and Lily’s twisted bond grows stronger as they begin to plot Miranda’s demise. But there are a few things about Lily’s past that she hasn’t shared with Ted, namely her experience in the art and craft of murder, a journey that began in her very precocious youth.
Suddenly these co-conspirators are embroiled in a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, one they both cannot survive . . . with a shrewd and very determined detective on their tail.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Swanson is the author of The Kind Worth Killing, and has degrees from Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College. He lives with his wife in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he is at work on his next novel.
I have been reading Anthony Renfro’s horror stories for some time now. I am always eager to get my hands on a new one, all while trying to catch up on the backlog of his work that I haven’t read yet. Just keep ’em coming Anthony.
God vs Devil. Good vs Evil. Is man inherently good? Do we just stray occasionally, only to come back to our true selves?
Anthony Renfro has a way with words, showing me the haunted house. You know, the one the neighborhood kids talked about, daring each other to spend the night alone.
Satan fights to claim Tom’s soul. What would you do if you met Satan face to face?
One day Satan approached God and said he’s mine.
God said he’s mine.
Now, we will see what choices Tom makes. Satan will dog his every step to drag him down to Hell. He pops up here, there, leaving his messages.
tom is not a shining example of being a husband or father, but he’s not a serial killer wither. He had become a Ghost Buster, along the lines of Ghost Whisperer. He could see and talk to the dead, helping them to move on.
About halfway through, Anthony lets the shit hit the fan. Will this be the final push for the devil to win his prize?
“,,,I’ve gone on for so many years without it, and now, at one of my worst times, it seems to be the strongest it has ever been in my life.”
“…faith is a healer. It is during the dark times when we lean on it the most, even though it is just as strong during the good times.”
When The Devil Calls is different from his usual horror stories, though anything with Satan in it is filled with horror. It may even leave you questioning your own choices in life.
4 Stars
Bonus #I – Wasteland Delivery Driver – Wow What a fabulous start. If that’s a sample chapter, I want the book.
Bonus #2 – The Man From The Road- Curiosity creates a nightmare and the blood flows…4 Stars
Bonus #3 – Demon Energy – Sometimes, even when you win, you lose. 4 Stars.
GOODREADS BLURB
What would you do if the devil came calling?
Tom is a ghost hunter and a good one at that. He is a man without morals, without laws, a one man do-it-yourself kind of guy. Then the devil shows up, and Tom finds he is now face to face with pure evil. This sends Tom on a journey that will bring him into contact with all of those he has loved and lost throughout the years. He will reconnect with his ex wives, his kids, and himself. He will explore a side of himself that he never thought existed while the devil tries to regain the soul he is losing. In the end Tom must face down the devil or succumb to a fiery eternal damnation. Win or lose. Tom has no choice but to fight.
Bonus Short Story: The Man from the Road
A man suddenly appears on a road. He’s lost, confused, no clue as to how he got there. He starts to walk and stops suddenly. There’s a bonfire in a field nearby. He sees people dancing around this fire. They are performing some kind of ritual. He turns to flee, but he’s captured. No chance of escape. He hopes he is only dreaming, because all of this seems a bit too real.
Bonus Short Story: Demon Energy
A short story about 1 man possessed and tormented by a 1000 demons who must fight for a soul he is starting to lose. Will he ever find salvation or is his body now an eternal host of hell?
ABOUT ANTHONY RENFRO
Anthony Renfro lives in Apex, North
Carolina. He is a reader, writer, runner, husband, father, and stay at
home dad – one of the toughest jobs anyone could ever do. He was born in
Bristol, Tennessee, and is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro.
You can find him at many spots on the
web, but if you really need to find his center in the social media storm
it would be at his blog.
Now reach out, just beyond the light,
right into that big black space, and let him take your hand on a journey
into cold dark places. You will be scared, and you may even be
terrified, but in the end you might just find you liked the ride.
5 Stars
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
