A clever thriller that had me convinced I knew who the killer was, until I didn’t, and then I realised just how dark this story is.
Reclusive author Aiden Cullen hasn’t left his house for years.
The day his first book was published should have been a huge celebration, but it was the day that changed his life for the wrong reason.
Stabbed multiple times and left for dead the previously shy man, who was leading a normal life, turned into a recluse during his rehabilitation. Now he never leaves his home.
Writing from home he has become a successful author writing murder based crime thrillers.
His life is turned upside down when a murder is committed close to the rear of his house. He has to answer the door to the police, he has to let strangers into his house, even if they are Police Officers, and that really freaks him out.
When he becomes aware of other crimes, all of which are frighteningly similar to the murders in his books he has to tell the police.
Then strange things start to happen in his house.
The list of suspects is short and the top of the list is Aidens best friend and occasional lodger, Luke.
Aiden fights the police’s assumption it’s Luke, it can’t be, it’s his best and only friend.
This is a cracking story written by a brilliant story teller.
I’ve struggled with how to describe it, and I don’t think this does it justice but, if Stephen King wrote Cosy Crime, this is what he’d come up with.
The cosy part first, it’s set predominantly in a nice country family home.
The Stephen King bit. The story is a psychological mind twister.
To be honest, as good as the story is from the start, it’s not until the killer is revealed that I realised just how good the whole plot was, and it elevated my enjoyment of the book even further.
What a cracker of a read.
Pages: 380. Publisher: One More Chapter.
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