Living in the Shadow of a Killer

October 14, 2022 by 2 Comments

Shadow of a killer
We may never be able to identify serial killers until it is too late. (Photo courtesy Canva)

By the time my family moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, nearly 40 years had passed since a killer terrorized the twin cities. In fact, we were unaware of the trauma the city had endured for years. As a boy, I was more intrigued by the stories my classmates shared about the Boggy Creek Monster who was rumored to prowl around the Sulphur River Bottoms near Fouke, Arkansas. But as I later learned, those stories paled in comparison to what evil lurked along the backroads of Texarkana for 10 long weeks in 1946.

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Danger Permeates Linda Hurtado Bond’s ‘All the Broken Girls’ [REVIEW]

September 13, 2022 by Leave a comment

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There’s a killer loose in Tampa. (Photo courtesy Canva)

She’s a journalist whose career is on the ropes. He’s a homicide detective with a prep school education and little tolerance for unsubstantiated ideas. Can they learn to work together to stop a killer dead in his tracks, or will her past come back to haunt them both and put her out of a job once and for all? Find out in Linda Hurtado Bond’s All the Broken Girls.

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FBI Special Agent Pendergast Gets a New Partner in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s ‘Verses for the Dead’ [REVIEW]

August 24, 2022 by Leave a comment

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A killer leaves his calling card at local gravestones in Preston & Child’s Verses for the Dead. (Photo courtesy Canva)

Nobody likes change, especially renowned FBI Special Agent Pndergast who is used to working alone. But government agencies are notorious for switching things up on a moment’s notice, and if he wants to keep his job, he’d better accept his new partner. After all, they have a new case to crack, and this one is as chilling as it is puzzling. Good thing creepy conundrums are right up Pendergast’s alley. Readers are in for another brain-teasing treat in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Verses for the Dead.

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In Stephen King’s ‘Later,’ A Young Boy Must Summon the Courage It Takes to Survive [REVIEW]

April 21, 2022 by Leave a comment

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A boy unwittingly becomes a cop’s secret weapon in Later. (Photo courtesy of Canva)

From the beginning, she knew her son was different. No matter how hard she tries to give him a typical childhood, it just isn’t in the cards. Because her son is no ordinary boy, and the sooner she can accept that the better. But she can’t think about that now. Perhaps Later. There’s just one thing, when Stephen King pens your story, things seldom go your way.

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Maggie O’Dell and Ryder Creed Face Off with Evil in Alex Kava’s ‘Fallen Creed’ [REVIEW]

April 12, 2022 by Leave a comment

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In the seventh installment of the addictive Ryder Creed K-9 mystery series (after Hidden Creed), Alex Kava delivers a mesmerizing, dark tale of mayhem that spans the state of Nebraska.

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