May 28, 2019
(First pub 4/2/19)
The Suicide House (book 2)
Kensington Press
Library loan, digital, book series
293 Pages
Mystery,fiction
ISBN13: 9781496713810
7/1/20-7/5/20
The story alternates chapters from 1979 to 2019 in Chicago which focuses on a convicted serial killer known as The Thief. He had a particular manner in which he tortured and hung his victims to death. He had devised an M shaped pulley system which also allowed for him to receive satisfaction from nearly asphyxiating himself. The thrill from The Rush he received was intoxicating for him until he was finally arrested for the murder of his wife.
This is one wild story which you won’t want to put down. The main characters are Rory Moore, a forensic reconstructionist and her boyfriend/partner for over 10 years, Lane Phillips who is a renowned forensic psychologist and former FBI profiler. He wrote the book “Some Choose Darkness” which examined the case studies he conducted with serial killers over the years. Rory is a quirky woman who has struggled for years to use her uniqueness to her advantage professionally. Rory is actually an attorney who had practiced for a short time with her father for Moore Law Group. Her social anxiety and OCD were better managed dressed in her windbreaker zipped to the top, beanie pulled low on her head with non prescription eyeglasses and her beloved Maddie combat boots.
She prefers to work behind the scenes that is until her father suffers a fatal heart attack. Rory has to step in to handle her father’s open cases and clear out his office. Meanwhile, she meets with Walter Byrd as a favor to her boss and trusted friend, Detective Ron Davidson. She initially believes she is consulted for her expertise in porcelain doll restoration which she learned from her great aunt now in a nursing home. Once she agrees she realizes that the doll belonged to his daughter, Camille Byrd who was strangled a year ago.
Rory knows that Ron set her up to help solve the cold case of this man’s daughter. She is reluctant to agree given the additional legal work she has closing her fathers law office. Coincidentally, she comes across a case that is scheduled before the parole board of The Thief who her father has been representing for years since his incarceration 40 years ago. Rory becomes eager to discover the nature of her father’s relationship with the convicted murderer.
The past and present collide as Rory learns more about the events leading to the capture and conviction of “Forsicks” as he was referred to in prison. He ran the prison library for 30 years and was the model of a reformed convict. He relied on Rory’s father to get him released from Stateville Correctional. Although it could never be proven as no bodies or evidence was discovered, they believed he was responsible for the five deaths back in 1979. He was arrested when his wife went missing and presumed dead.
New evidence is mysteriously delivered to the police station which could alter the fate of many people. This is a creepy tale which shows the lengths people with go to protect their family and loved ones.
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