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Bookish First Impression
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.
—Albert Szent-Györgyi
The Suicide House pulls you immediately into the book where there are many moving pieces. Several characters are introduced setting the stage of mystery and suspense. In the introduction to the story, someone confesses to pushing his brother in front of a train which kills him. It makes you wonder about all the apparent suicides which were reported after the tragic “accident” at the private boarding school.
Having read book 1, Some Choose Darkness, I would say that this can easily be read as a stand alone novel as the author intended. I would say that you learn more about the nuances of the characters who may have been in a previous book. Each story is totally unrelated in context so the reader isn’t confused.
Rory Moore is taking a break from last case, which is typical given the extent to which she invests herself into each investigation. She has learned over the years how to use her OCD and autism spectrum symptoms to help her when needed. For the most part she prefers to work alone as a forensic reconstructionist and porcelain doll restoration to “relax”.
In this novel, Lane Phillips asks her to join him as he goes to meet Mack Carter, an investigative reporter now running a popular podcast called, The Suicide House. They sought Lane for his expertise with profiling serial killers and wanted his input for the podcast. Before Lane arrives, Mack goes to Westmont Prep to meet Ryder who is hoping to make a name for herself like Mack. She alerts him to a post on his podcast website which indicates that one of the surviving students from the Suicide House murders wanted to tell him what really happened. This case has been closed by the Peppermill Police department as they discovered a manifesto describing the killings of the students by chemistry teacher, Charles Gorman.
Unfortunately, when Mack and Ryder make it to the school they discover the body of Theo Compton lying on the train tracks. He had given a brief interview to Mack stating that Charles Forman didn’t commit the crimes.
Alternative chapters provide a mystery person reading from a therapy journal discussing many disturbing events from the past. As all the students at Westmont Prep are encouraged to write in a journal the author isn’t discovered until later when the mystery starts to unfold.
The story is a complex history of the year of the murders and suspected suicides and the present where some of the stories don’t add up. Whenever Rory and Lane get involved you are sure to uncover much more than the truth. Another creepy psychological thriller by Charlie Dunlea is not to be missed!
Bookish First Impression
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.
—Albert Szent-Györgyi
The Suicide House pulls you immediately into the book where there are many moving pieces. Several characters are introduced setting the stage of mystery and suspense. In the introduction to the story, someone confesses to pushing his brother in front of a train which kills him. It makes you wonder about all the apparent suicides which were reported after the tragic “accident” at the private boarding school.
Having read book 1, Some Choose Darkness, I would say that this can easily be read as a stand alone novel as the author intended. I would say that you learn more about the nuances of the characters who may have been in a previous book. Each story is totally unrelated in context so the reader isn’t confused.
Rory Moore is taking a break from last case, which is typical given the extent to which she invests herself into each investigation. She has learned over the years how to use her OCD and autism spectrum symptoms to help her when needed. For the most part she prefers to work alone as a forensic reconstructionist and porcelain doll restoration to “relax”.
In this novel, Lane Phillips asks her to join him as he goes to meet Mack Carter, an investigative reporter now running a popular podcast called, The Suicide House. They sought Lane for his expertise with profiling serial killers and wanted his input for the podcast. Before Lane arrives, Mack goes to Westmont Prep to meet Ryder who is hoping to make a name for herself like Mack. She alerts him to a post on his podcast website which indicates that one of the surviving students from the Suicide House murders wanted to tell him what really happened. This case has been closed by the Peppermill Police department as they discovered a manifesto describing the killings of the students by chemistry teacher, Charles Gorman.
Unfortunately, when Mack and Ryder make it to the school they discover the body of Theo Compton lying on the train tracks. He had given a brief interview to Mack stating that Charles Forman didn’t commit the crimes.
Alternative chapters provide a mystery person reading from a therapy journal discussing many disturbing events from the past. As all the students at Westmont Prep are encouraged to write in a journal the author isn’t discovered until later when the mystery starts to unfold.
The story is a complex history of the year of the murders and suspected suicides and the present where some of the stories don’t add up. Whenever Rory and Lane get involved you are sure to uncover much more than the truth. Another creepy psychological thriller by Charlie Dunlea is not to be missed!