He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature,
but he who destroys a book destroys reason itself.
- John Milton.
My reading tastes tend to be eclectic. What appeals to me in one genre, from one author may not appeal to me in or from another.
What I am going to do here is give you my impressions of some of the more recent books I have read, and then give an honest review, good or bad.
And here is the first:
‘The Kult’ by Shaun Jeffrey
The Kult’ by Shaun Jeffrey is one of those rare books that pulls you in from the first few paragraphs and before you realize it, has insidiously gripped you firmly by the throat and wont let go…once started, you really can’t put it down.
If you like your tale twisted and dark; if you require your violence to be graphic and disturbing, if you want characters to literally leap of the page at you with energy and verve; and if you demand more than just the average slash and stalk psychotic killer tale, then ‘The Kult’ is the perfect book for you.
The plot is chillingly complex and without giving too much away revolves around what must be the epitome of serial killers; a sadistic psychopath who goes by the name of ‘The Oracle’ and the police detective, the intriguingly named Prosper Snow who is attempting to bring this maniacal killer to book.
And as the story opens out the author suddenly takes his reader on a delicious roller-coaster of a plot curve when it is revealed that Snow has been involved in a vigilante type group founded several years earlier aptly named ‘The Kult’.
Events boomerang for the detective when the same group blackmails him into participating in a horrific ‘copy-cat’ killing in the style of the sadistic ‘Oracle’.
And now catching the killer is no longer just a job for Prosper Snow; it really is a matter of life or death. The vicious serial killer has targeted the members of ‘The Kult’ for slaughter.
‘The Kult’ is an extremely finely crafted genre novel from Shaun Jeffrey; a book that quickly draws the reader in, hooks them firmly and then keeps them guessing from beginning to end.
I have no doubt that this novel will prove to be only the beginning chapter in what will be a long and illustrious career for this author.
I personally look forward with anticipation to his next!
‘The Kult’ is available direct from Leucrota Press at http://www.leucrotapress.com or at www.amazon.com
ISBN 9 780980 033984
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