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After taking on a serial killer crime writer Matt Wells has resumed his life. The book he wrote about his tangle with "The White Devil" became a worldwide bestseller and he has used the money to create a safety net around himself, his family and friends as well as tracking the follower of "The White Devil" who got away.But despite all sophisticated alarm systems and careful precautions one of Matt's best friends is murdered. Around the same time on of Matt's fellow crime writers is found dead; the body mutilated and the words "The devil did it" in latin written in a pentagram. Soon cryptic e-mails start taunting Matt to attempt to stop the killings. He realises he has to find whoever is responsible for threatening him and loved ones and killing his colleagues. But is it who he thinks it is?
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I am a great fan of Paul Johnston's writings so I had to read this book even though I normally resent writers re-cycling evil villains. The back blurbs even suggested a re-cycling of the plot. In reality it was not as easy as that and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an intelligent, action filled, page turner with challenging cryptic clues. Too challenging for me at any rate.
This is the second book featuring Matt Wells and I would recommend starting with the first; "The Death List".
Paul Johnston has also written:
Featuring Quintillian "Quint" Dalrymple in a futuristic (2020-2028) Edinburgh:
Body Politic (1997)
The Bone Yard (1998)
Water of Death (1999)
The Blood Tree (2000)
House of Dust (2001)
Featuring Alex Mavros, half Scottish, half Greek, private detective in Greece:
A Deeper Shade of Blue (2002)
The Red Death (2003)
The Golden Silence (2004)
Featuring Matt Wells, in London:
The Death List (2007)
The Soul Collector (2008)
2 comments:
Hey, thanks for the nice comments about Soul Collector!
Best wishes,
Paul Johnston
Thank you for writing such great books.
I first heard you and John Connolly talk at Waterstone's on Deansgate in Manchester quite a few years back. I was very impressed with the both of you (even though I couldn't understand everything John C said... ) and bought Every Dead Thing and Body Politic there and then. And I've been hooked ever since.
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