Dead On By Ann Kelly Book Review

Dead On is a thrilling, intellectually unafraid novel that seamlessly blends horror, mystery, and the paranormal, to present a fast paced, provocative and highly entertaining read.

Ann Yang hoped to get away the ugliness of her divorcement and start over in the quiet Keystone State suburbia of Doylestown. Settling into her occupation as Checkup Examiner, with redevelopments to her house underway, she was putting the past where it belonged… inch the past. However, that impression is short lived as a pitiless slayer gets to hone his baleful trade in Ann's backyard. When organic structures are discovered, obviously staged, the killer's one-of-a-kind signature placed beneath the tongue, twit police, Ann happens herself in the center of a madman's reality. With her co-workers unaccustomed to high profile law-breakings and mystified by the murders, Ann names on stopping point friend and retired Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler, Tony Kale for assistance. Together they follow the hints from Keystone State to New Orleans, only to happen themselves wrapped in an ageless mystery of impossible to reply questions.

Adding yet another dimension to this multi-layered narrative is the find of an old journal that immediately gaining controls Ann's attending and captivates her unusual abilities of perception. Dating back over a hundred years, the clip worn pages uncover bosom inside information surrounding the disappearing of a immature girl, which remained unsolved. Could this be related? Are the hypnosis induced visions of being murdered in past lives clouding up or possibly shaping reality? The 1 thing that is abundantly clear this sociopath have Ann squarely in his sights and she have unwittingly go the ultimate pawn in a high bet game of true cat and mouse.

The fictional characters while sharply drawn are as unstable as the ink of this phenomenal author's pen. The expert usage of duologue conveys the fictional characters to life and presents a disturbingly delightful reading experience. Although a speedy read, Emmett Kelly saves no pokes when it come ups to complexity, depth and suspense. Palpable latent hostility constructs as the narrative speeds, almost recklessly toward the lurid but appreciated conclusion.

Ann Kelly's tantalising introduction novel is well researched, intelligently portrayed and delivered with unbridled passion. The elusive hints embedded throughout maintain the reader involved and guessing, without preemptive spoilers. The enigma within a enigma lets Emmett Kelly to simultaneously develop multiple angles, cleverly weaving an Byzantine web of homicide and mayhem, past life arrested development and superb detection. Dead On is an absolute knocking out!

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