Blood Sisters by Graham Masterton. The fifth in the Katie Maguire series begins with the murder of horses, but escalates to the murders of quite a few others, but specializing in nuns. The novel glories in brutal and grotesque murders, and I wasn't too impressed with Katie Maguire, either. Don't think I'll be going back to pick up the earlier books.If you are Catholic, you might want to give this one a pass.
NetGalley. Feb. 1, 2016.
e-Murderer by Joan C. Curtis. What would you do if you suddenly began receiving e-mails from an anonymous and untraceable person who described the murder of a young woman? Jenna Scala begins receiving e-mails at work, but addressed to her specifically, describing the death of a coed. Unable to trace the source and unsure if the messages are genuine or a nasty prank, Jenna takes the messages to her psychiatrist boss who is disinclined to get the police searching for information concerning his clients. Then the frightening messages become more personal.Even though the author continues to throw viable suspects at the reader, I pretty much knew the culprit early on. All the characters are surprisingly clueless, but the premise, if handled a bit more subtly, is a good one for a mystery.
NetGalley. Dec. 17, 2015.
NetGalley. Dec. 15, 2015.
I'm not Catholic but "glories in brutal and grotesque murders" makes me leery. I'm sorry Blood Sisters wasn't better. E-Murderer sounds interesting though. I still remember that horrible spam e-mail I received saying there was a hit out on me and the sender would not go forward with killing me if I paid him/her a certain amount of money. At least it ended there. I did end up reporting it. Anyhow, your book reminded me of that.
ReplyDeleteI like the title of your last book, The Work of a Narrowmind.
I'm not Catholic, either, but the book has a definite prejudice. It is set in Ireland and uses some of the abuses of Catholic orphanages as a cause for some pretty gross revenge murders. It uses the mass graves at Tuam's St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home as inspiration for the fictional home in the book. The abuses in orphanages were rife and worthy of exposure, but the revenge murders are too horrific.
DeleteI was tempted by e-murderer until you wrote about the clueless characters; I just hate stupid characters in books...it's soooo frustrating when you catch on quicker than they do. Or when they should know better, but don't. I like smart characters best. :)
ReplyDeleteThe idea is interesting, but even the police seemed pretty dense.
DeleteBlood Sisters definitely won't do for me, though I'm not a Catholic. The other two books sound interesting to me, though.
ReplyDeleteBlood Sisters was too violent for me. I don't like it when a book concentrates on the bizarre and horrific.
DeleteHappy New Year, Jenclair! Well, I recently got Blood Sisters from NetGalley too and was looking forward to it. I'll probably check it out eventually but thank you for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteOh, I can't wait to hear what you think of Blood Sisters!
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