Title: The Butcher
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Review:
Lots of murder, rape, and suffering in this book. I think it was not a bad effort by the author,
who is still new to writing I imagine.
Predictable from the start and yet not a bad story line running through
the book. I would have liked less
predictability as a reader and a bit more mystery – there were too many clues
from the author to the reader along the way.
I am sure the author was worried the reader might feel robbed, but she
gave plenty away without all the extra clues.
This author needs to give her readers more credit for thinking on their
own and not leading them along like a pack horse.
If you
like murder mysteries you might enjoy this fast paced book – short and quick to
read – I started last night and finished up today. I think her next book will be better as her
writing improves and hopefully she lets the reader come to their own conclusion
without throwing so many clues at them – I like a bit more mystery in my
mystery.
Also, I
think that Sam was a bit dumber then she should have been when it came to the
mystery behind her mother’s death. Clues
were screaming at me and yet she walked around like she was asleep the whole
book. I do realize I know more than the
characters, but please – if you give her brains she needs to keep those throughout
the book and not lose them around the killers. And what happened to the girlfriend whats her name? Too many holes to mention.
I have not read her other book but if this is a thriller I guess I don't get it!
I have not read her other book but if this is a thriller I guess I don't get it!
Published: Expected publication: July 15th 2014
by Gallery Books
ISBN: 9781476734217
Page
Count: 352
Quick
Review: 2 1/2 out 5 stars –
Why I
Read this Title: Sent for review by the publisher
Synopsis: From the author of the acclaimed suspense
novels Creep and Freak and whom Jeffery Deaver has praised as a "top of
the line thriller writer," The Butcher is a high-octane novel about lethal
secrets that refuse to die—until they kill again.
A rash of grisly serial murders plagued Seattle
until the infamous "Beacon Hill Butcher" was finally hunted down and
killed by police chief Edward Shank in 1985. Now, some thirty years later, Shank,
retired and widowed, is giving up his large rambling Victorian house to his
grandson Matt, whom he helped raise.
Settling back into his childhood home and doing some
renovations in the backyard to make the house feel like his own, Matt, a young
up-and-coming chef and restaurateur, stumbles upon a locked crate he’s never
seen before. Curious, he picks the padlock and makes a discovery so gruesome it
will forever haunt him… Faced with this deep dark family secret, Matt must
decide whether to keep what he knows buried in the past, go to the police, or
take matters into his own hands.
Meanwhile Matt’s girlfriend, Sam, has always
suspected that her mother was murdered by the Beacon Hill Butcher—two years
after the supposed Butcher was gunned down. As she pursues leads that will
prove her right, Sam heads right into the path of Matt’s terrible secret.
A thriller with taut, fast-paced suspense, and
twists around every corner, The Butcher will keep you guessing until the
bitter, bloody end. (Only if you don't read or are a complete idiot that is.) A quote from the Avid Reader(see link in other reviews) - "Sorry for the crude analogy, but this book climaxed before the foreplay." This is how I felt also but could not articulate it...not like this guy anyway.
Author
Information: Jennifer
Hillier is a full-time novelist who writes about dark, twisted people who do
dark, twisted things. If you ask her why she writes such dark stuff, she'll
stare at you blankly because she still hasn't figured out a clever way to
answer that question.
Born
and raised in Toronto and a proud Canadian, she spent five years living in
Seattle, which is where she wrote her first novel. She currently splits her
time between Toronto and Seattle, and is slightly ashamed to admit that she's
way more of a Seahawks fan than a Leafs fan . . . which, she suspects, makes
her a bad Canadian.
She
loves her husband, her cat Kobe, and Stephen King. Not equally, but close.
She's the author of the psychological thrillers CREEP (2011), FREAK (2012), and
THE BUTCHER (2014), all published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon &
Schuster. Her agent is Victoria Skurnick of the Levine Greenberg Literary
Agency in New York.
She
blogs about writing, publishing, and life in general at SerialKillerFiles.com.
Check out her official website at JenniferHiillier.org
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