Genre: Thriller
Keywords: Serial killer, Poison, Aconite, Police Investigation.
Page Count: 330 pages
ISBN E-Book: x978-1449954154
ISBN
For Print (If available): 1449954154
Publisher: Moongypsy Press
Buy-Link
(If available): http://moongypsypress.com/porter.php
Reviewer: Rhonda J Callum-King
Tagline:
A long held grudge, a femme fatale…a date with Purple Death
Blurb/Summary:
Tranquil suburban Richmond-on-Thames, home to such landmarks as Hampton Court Palace and Kew Gardens, becomes the setting for a series of shocking and
particularly gruesome murders that lead Detective Inspector Sean Connor
and his team into a labyrinthine investigation in which all roads lead
towards a thirty-year-old unsolved murder. The victims, all apparently
unconnected to each other, are being dispatched by the use of a
singularly unique poison, previously more closely associated with the
notorious medieval Borgia family. As the murders begin to multiply at an
alarming rate, Connor finds clues hard to come by, and every lead takes
him down yet another blind alley. The killer seems to be one step ahead
of the police at every turn. Together, he and his assistant, Sergeant
Lucy Clay, must piece together the shreds of evidence that will lead
them to the mysterious Chocolate Woman and in turn to the brain behind
the horrific murders that soon come to be known as "The Purple Death."
Purple Death is soon to appear as a motion picture produced by
Thunderball Films LLC of Los Angeles.
Review:
Set in England, Purple Death is a mystery thriller that keeps the reader guessing until the very end.
A serial killer is loose in the streets of England, or
are there two, or maybe even three? Could he be male? Female? Maybe
Both? Is there a puppet master controlling everything?
The plot
continuously twists and turns, and each time that it seems as though you
may be close to a conclusion as to the killer’s identity, the new
suspect is added to the murdered list. The only certainty is that the
deaths are from a poison that kills in a gruesomely horrific manner.
Could this be a vendetta-spree for a thirty year unsolved homicide?
This
is a fast paced thriller that travels all over England in search of
clues. The story was engaging, and the characters believable. The only
question I had throughout was the lack of mention of forensic camera
surveillance evidence. Aside from that, the evidence was well done.
This book constantly keeps the reader guessing and for this reason
stands out among the many mystery stories. Brian L. Porter’s Purple
Death was a wonderful read.
Purple Death is also available from Amazon.com
and in the UK from Amazon.co.uk
and from all good booksellers
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