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House of Monsters
Lindsey Acosta
Independently Published
This is Ms. Acosta’s sophomore book, her first being Kept in the Dark, which I have not read. It will appeal to those that like police procedurals and psychological thrillers. The pacing of the book and details were strong. I was engaged with the novel throughout. The dialogue was natural and appropriate.
This story focuses on two detectives, Moretti and Reid who are trying to find a killer/rapist who enjoys targeting “working girls” or those that the killer deems to be “unworthy.” One woman who comes up during the investigation is Ali Knox, who had sent in her samples to a DNA data base. In uncovering her past, she discovers a genetic link to a six year old girl that was murdered. The detectives find that this case is connected to the others.
While I enjoyed and was engaged in the book, the opening of the novel was a little off putting and made me think it was going to be a very different novel. I do not want to give it away to those who will read the book in the future, but honestly, it felt like I was going to be reading a novel based on sadomasochism and I almost did not read on. However, I did continue reading and found that the rest of the book was a police procedural/psychological thriller. I am guessing that the author wanted to grab the reader, however, I would have preferred a different opening.
That being said, the characters in the book were well developed and I enjoyed the family dysfunction that emerged later on. I think that truly good books of this kind provide the reader with reasons why events are happening in the text and this one does. The ending, again, without giving too much away, had twists that I did not expect. Although it might have been a tad far fetched, it worked and provided surprises for the reader.
I received this advanced readers copy directly from the author and all of the opinions in this review are my own. I look forward to seeing what else the author has for us in the future.
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