A Killer Among Us by Rhys Stalba-Smith
Pages: 309
Format: ebook
Published: May 26,
2021
Publisher’s
Blurb
Some days Charlie’s
trying to recover his life after a disastrous accident...
Some days Charlie forgets that his legs don’t work because of the crash...
Some days the bodies Charlie saves were already gone...
Some days the bodies Charlie finds are in his past...
The constant is the killer taunting him. Calling Charlie when they please,
making him play the game. Because the killer knows Charlie. Knows that even the
good are bad. More importantly, knows what he did.
The much anticipated sophomore novel from Rhys Stalba-Smith visits again the
landscapes of South Australia, but this time in the city. A killer is on the
loose and the bodies are mounting. For Charlie Gardner, despite his best
efforts to live a normal life, will find himself being pulled closer and closer
into the Killer's game.
A page turner not to be missed!
Review
Told as separate
timelines in three phases of the life of Charlie Gardner, this is initially a
bit confusing for both Charlie and the reader but as the clues to his past are
revealed the picture becomes a little bit clearer.
Thrust into
the middle of a spate of serial killings Charlie finds himself taunted by the
unknown killer who seems to know far too much about him.
Although set
in Australia you can be forgiven for thinking that this could be in any city
anywhere in the world as there is a lack of local colour and the use of Aussie
slang is kept to a minimum. This, however, does not detract from the plot but I
feel a chance was missed to showcase life down under.
As the plot
unfolds it sucks you in and leaves the reader desperate to know exactly what
happened in Charlie’s past that leads to the gripping conclusion.
Overall this
was a slow, and slightly confusing, start but got much better as it went along.
Well worth a
read
Author
Born in Adelaide, South Australia Rhys has always been infatuated with stories and storytelling. After years of reading and scribbling in some form of practice, he studied the craft of writing at university and millions of words later, he’s come to understand that he still doesn’t know much about it.
Now living in France, he remembers home by writing about where he came from, the characters that live there, and the places he’s seen on the vast island that is Australia. His ideas, be they sci-fi, crime, and every horrifying thing in between, often come while out walking the dog or taking public transport.
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