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Praise for Close Enough to Kill and The Dying Game:
"Not for the faint of heart! Shocking and terrifying, it will chill you to the bone." Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of The Bone Garden
‘This gripping crime novel … [is] not for the faint-hearted … you’ll be guessing until the very end.’
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Nowhere to run
No place to hide
And no time to cry…
The spine-chilling new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author.
The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths.
For grief counsellor Audrey Sherrod it’s clear the murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At first, the only link is the victims’ physical appearance. But then another connection emerges, tying them to a past series of horrifying crimes – crimes that hit all too close to home.
As the truth is unravelled, its more twisted and terrifying than anyone could ever imagine. Prepare to lose sleep with this shocking and utterly engrossing thriller, for fans of Karen Rose and Karin Slaughter.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've not read any books by Beverly Barton before and didn't know what to expect when I picked up Don't Cry. What I found was that I was gripped by a well-plotted, fluidly-written and interesting book with a range of characters and an interesting puzzle to solve.
When a woman's body is found in a rocking chair cradling a toddler's skeleton it is the start of a series of deaths, each with a baby skeleton. The Rocking Chair Killer, as he is called, seems to have the key to a decades-old mystery of what happened to five dead toddlers who were snatched by a woman. Although a sixth toddler was found alive with Regina Bennett, she never revealed what happened with the previous five.
This story focuses around Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent JD Cass who is working on the Rocking Chair Killer case at the same time as trying to build a bond with his fourteen-year-old daughter Zoe who has recently come to live with him after the death of her mother. We also follow events from the viewpoint of grief counselor Audrey Sherrod whose baby brother Blake was one of the toddler victims all those years ago. In fact, a large proportion of those working on the case have some links with it, which I did find perhaps a trifle too coincidental.
There are several possible characters who could actually be the Rocking Chair Killer and the author does a good job of introducing them and showing their possible motivation. The actual killer, when revealed at the end, wasn't a surprise to me, but the small twist in the story was, although there were hints to it right at the beginning.
There's a slow-burn romance throughout the story which worked really well. Pacing was good and I liked the way the author writes, but with one exception. She seems to have a bit of an obsession with adjectives, as this extract from Chapter 4 shows: "She filled the white enamel kettle with fresh water and placed it on the Jenn-Air range to heat. A hint of daylight peeked through the closed blinds of her Walnut Hill town house as she padded around on the Brazilian Cherry hardwood floor, set out her favourite teacup on the countertop, and removed a bag of Earl Grey from the maple cupboard." To me, we could do without white, enamel, Jenn-Air, Walnut Hill, Brazilian Cherry and maple at least as they don't really add anything to the story.
All in all I very much enjoyed reading this story and look forward to another book from this author's flowing, confident, blue Mont Blanc pen.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2011
When a woman's body is found in a rocking chair cradling a toddler's skeleton it is the start of a series of deaths, each with a baby skeleton. The Rocking Chair Killer, as he is called, seems to have the key to a decades-old mystery of what happened to five dead toddlers who were snatched by a woman. Although a sixth toddler was found alive with Regina Bennett, she never revealed what happened with the previous five.
This story focuses around Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent JD Cass who is working on the Rocking Chair Killer case at the same time as trying to build a bond with his fourteen-year-old daughter Zoe who has recently come to live with him after the death of her mother. We also follow events from the viewpoint of grief counselor Audrey Sherrod whose baby brother Blake was one of the toddler victims all those years ago. In fact, a large proportion of those working on the case have some links with it, which I did find perhaps a trifle too coincidental.
There are several possible characters who could actually be the Rocking Chair Killer and the author does a good job of introducing them and showing their possible motivation. The actual killer, when revealed at the end, wasn't a surprise to me, but the small twist in the story was, although there were hints to it right at the beginning.
There's a slow-burn romance throughout the story which worked really well. Pacing was good and I liked the way the author writes, but with one exception. She seems to have a bit of an obsession with adjectives, as this extract from Chapter 4 shows: "She filled the white enamel kettle with fresh water and placed it on the Jenn-Air range to heat. A hint of daylight peeked through the closed blinds of her Walnut Hill town house as she padded around on the Brazilian Cherry hardwood floor, set out her favourite teacup on the countertop, and removed a bag of Earl Grey from the maple cupboard." To me, we could do without white, enamel, Jenn-Air, Walnut Hill, Brazilian Cherry and maple at least as they don't really add anything to the story.
All in all I very much enjoyed reading this story and look forward to another book from this author's flowing, confident, blue Mont Blanc pen.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2011
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was very pleased with this book - the writer did a great job. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys romantic suspense and a great plot and storyline. The book had everything - mystery, romance and I couldn't put the book back down. The book contained fantastic characters with great relationships between the main characters. I found it easy to work out who the serial killer was in the story but Beverly Barton made up for that by delivering a twist at the end. I can't wait to read her next two novels.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent, very tight and tense suspense thriller with a bit of romance.
Chattanooga PD looks like it has a serial killer on its hands, when two young women are murdered and another goes missing. All the women are the same physical type. However, it is soon obvious to Special Agent J D Cass and the CPD that it is a secondary factor that actually links the murders, not the physical type of the women.
Grief counselor Audrey Sherrod is drawn into the case, when she counsels the families of the women. However, it seems that she and her family are linked to the cases by the secondary factor, also.
I'm not giving any more of a synopsis because it will ruin the plot.
Excellant book, read it.
Chattanooga PD looks like it has a serial killer on its hands, when two young women are murdered and another goes missing. All the women are the same physical type. However, it is soon obvious to Special Agent J D Cass and the CPD that it is a secondary factor that actually links the murders, not the physical type of the women.
Grief counselor Audrey Sherrod is drawn into the case, when she counsels the families of the women. However, it seems that she and her family are linked to the cases by the secondary factor, also.
I'm not giving any more of a synopsis because it will ruin the plot.
Excellant book, read it.
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Published 11 days ago by Victoria
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Enjoyed this book. I would read something else written by this author. i would recommend buying this book.
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Published 17 days ago by l.c.
Not engaging at all
Really couldn't get into this book. When I realised I didn't care about why the person was killed, or anything at all about the so called cop heros, I gave up. Read more
Published 22 days ago by PopsiePanda
Don't Cry
This is the first book I have read by this author and I was gripped from the first page. Did guess the ending although not until I had nearly got to the end so it didn't spoil the... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Lainey
Don't Cry Beverly Barton
Once again the author has written another great book i have read quite a few now and have never worked out who the perpetrator is until right at the end i can honestly say i have... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Chris
Be entertained
This book was worth reading for its entertainment value. It kept me occupied even though it was not particularly well written or profound, and the story was somewhat forced. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Francesca
Don't Cry
I have just finished this book and found it very good. I did guess who the killer was about half way through the book but it was very clever the way the clues lead to his capture. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Ann Holtby
Dont Cry,Beverly Barton
First book that i have read by this author,excellent read.Will be down loading more of her book to my kindle.Read this one in a day.
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Very well written, but very scary, not a story to go to bed on. The descriptions of the people involved gives just the right amount of detail and they seem realistic and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by ADRIAN
Great read
This is a good read. The plot had me intrigued and the characters were a good realistic mix. Sub plots were engaging without making the storyline difficult to follow.
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