Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Length: 336 pages
Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 30 minutes
First Published: 2023
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Rachael’s Review
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celadon Books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Haunted by the violent attack of her brother Chris years ago, Katie Shaw sees threats everywhere. When her brother disappears, Katie leaps into action to help her brother once more. Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page’s investigation of a brutal murder of a professor leads her to suspect the case is connected to Chris’s attack .. and to a serial killer said to be able to predict the future.
Creepier and darker than I normally like, I only read The Angel Maker because Celadon Books sent me a free copy … with presents! I was too curious to pass them up, though I basically just got a box of matchsticks. The Angel Maker is a dark, violent story about how much our fate is pre-determined. The novel kept jumping perspective which, though it connected pretty well in the end, made the beginning harder to follow.
Publisher’s Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.
Growing up in a beautiful house in the English countryside, Katie Shaw lived a charmed life. At the cusp of graduation, she had big dreams, a devoted boyfriend, and a little brother she protected fiercely. Until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever.
Years later, still unable to live down the guilt surrounding what happened to her brother, Chris, and now with a child of her own to protect, Katie struggles to separate the real threats from the imagined. Then she gets the phone call: Chris has gone missing and needs his big sister once more.
Meanwhile, Detective Laurence Page is facing a particularly gruesome crime. A distinguished professor of fate and free will has been brutally murdered just hours after firing his staff. All the leads point back to two old cases: the gruesome attack on teenager Christopher Shaw, and the despicable crimes of a notorious serial killer who, legend had it, could see the future.
About Alex North
Alex North is a British author. He has published other works, but The Whisper Man, The Angel Maker, and The Shadows are the only two books published under his own name. He currently lives in Leeds, England with his wife and son.
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