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    The Fifth to Die

    Written by J. D. Barker

    Narrated by James Alexander

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    ‘J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.’ James Patterson

    Murder. It’s a family affair.

    In the midst of one of the worst winters Chicago has seen in years, the body of missing teenager Ella Reynolds is discovered under the surface of a frozen lake.

    She’s been missing for three weeks… the lake froze over three months ago.

    Detective Sam Porter and his team are brought in to investigate but it’s not long before another girl goes missing. The press believes the serial killer, Anson Bishop, has struck again but Porter knows differently. The deaths are too different, there’s a new killer on the loose.

    Porter however is distracted. He’s still haunted by Bishop and his victims, even after the FBI have removed him from the case. His only leads: a picture of a female prisoner and a note from Bishop: ‘Help me find my mother. I think it’s time she and I talked.’

    As more girls go missing and Porter’s team race to stop the body count rising, Porter disappears to track down Bishop’s mother and discover that the only place scarier than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

    Perfect for fans of Helen Fields, Val McDermid and Jo Nesbo this gripping and twisted thriller will have you wondering, how do you stop a killer when he’s been trained from birth?

    Praise for The Fifth to Die:

    ‘J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.’ James Patterson

    ‘Superbly paced, beautifully constructed evocation of evil’ Daily Mail

    ‘A gritty thriller that gets right under your skin’ HEAT

    ‘Chillingly written’ Woman

    ‘Barker spins a serpentine and sometimes gruesome
    tale… Sparse and cinematic, the pages fly by.’ Press Association

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateJul 10, 2018
    ISBN9780008250416
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    J. D. Barker

    J.D. BARKER is the internationally best-selling author of Forsaken, a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, and winner of the New Apple Medalist Award. His work has been compared to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris. His 4MK Thrillers, The Fourth Monkey and The Fifth to Die, were released in June 2017 and June 2018 respectively. He has been asked by the Stoker family to coauthor the forthcoming prequel to Dracula due out in fall 2018. His novels have been translated into numerous languages and optioned for both film and television. Barker currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Dayna, and their two dogs, both of whom sit outside his office door daily, eagerly awaiting his next novel.

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    • 3/5
      The end was very confusing and abrupt, to be continued
    • 3/5
      Listening to this book right now and can already say I don't like the narration. The book is excellent as is the first book - The Fourth Monkey but it's being ruined by the staccato narration of this book. The book itself is really good as is the first book in the series. Why did they have to change the narrator from the first book!? My only consolation is the original narrators are back in the third book of the series. Just have to get through this bad narration in the second book. I would give the book a 5 and the narration is 1 so I'll round it to a 3. Such a pity as it could be a 5.
    • 5/5
      Yes! J.D. Barker's sequel to his highly entertaining "The Fourth Monkey" does not disappoint. In "The Fifth to Die," the case of Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, has been taken from Detective Sam Porter and handed over to the Feds. Porter is assigned to another case involving the death of a young girl whose body was found under a frozen lake. When Porter's captain discovers that Porter has continued to pursue the 4MK case on his own anyway, he suspends Porter, leaving Porter's partners Clair and Nash to continue the investigation into the new killer without him.Please be aware that you do need to read "The Fourth Monkey" before reading this book, or you won't fully understand what's going on. The first book provides all the necessary background.In "The Fifth to Die" Barker develops parallel story lines -- the pursuit of the new serial killer and the continued pursuit of Anson Bishop. Both story lines are gripping, and as the reader it didn't much matter to me whether the two story lines were related or not -- I was plenty entertained by both -- but I was of course curious to find out if the story lines would intersect. I won't spoil things by saying any more about the plot lines. Barker has a deft hand for developing diabolically twisted plots, and this book was no exception. Wow.As I was aware that this was only book two in a series, I knew that things would not be resolved at the end, but the number of loose ends was still incredibly frustrating. I had so many unanswered questions after finishing the book, but, alas, I have to be patient and wait for the next in the series.
    • 3/5
      I'm going to start this review honestly... I'm pissed. This book just stops. Dead. I'm reading it, I'm getting lost in it, I'm excited, and then? Page 526 - " To be concluded..." WTF.The first 4MK book is a story unto its own. This book, apparently, needs another book to finish the story. It feels like a cheat. Literally every plot thread is left to the next book. I am sooooo annoyed...So, why did I give it three stars? Because it is a pretty good story! And as a story, I enjoyed it. But as a book? It is incomplete, and if there were an INC ranking, that's what I'd give it. I'm pissed. And tomorrow is my birthday. :-(
    • 4/5
      My Review of “The Fifth to Die” by J.D. Barker Houghton Mifflin Harcourt July 10, 2018OMG!! WOW!! YIKES!!! WARNING: Not to be read before going to sleep!!!!! Keep the lights on!! Check under the bed!! Don’t go down to the basement !! These are some of my thoughts after finishing “The Fifth to Die” by J.D. Barker. J.D. Barker’s style of writing reminds me of Stephen King. The Genres for this Novel are Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Suspense, and Fiction.“The Fifth to Die” is a horrific, chilling, intense, frightening, edgy, thriller that had me fidgeting and gasping out loud. This is the sequel to “The Four Monkey Killer’ by J.D. Barker, which I should have read before this. Although I read this as a stand- alone, I had to play catch up, and I am sure that I missed many things. Of course I will be reading the first book. I also want to mention, I wanted to throw my Kindle at someone for the abrupt ending, and realize that I have to wait for the next novel. J.D. Barker, I hope that you are writing quickly!!!The author describes the characters as complex and complicated. I am sure a Psychiatrist would be in heaven analyzing a few of the characters. Detective Sam Porter is obsessed with finding Anson Bishop, a serial killer with a shocking , dysfunctional childhood. The feds pull Detective Porter off the case. Several young girls have been kidnapped and a few found tortured and dead. More danger and more deaths are occurring.Detective Sam Porter is preoccupied with finding Bishop, and feels the key to doing so is finding Bishop’s Mother. Porter has withheld from evidence Bishop’s diary which is now in his possession. Porter travels all over in his quest. There are twists and turns, and danger and well-planned out murders.I would recommend this novel to readers that enjoy chilling thrillers. I received this ARC from NetGalley for my honest review. EditPUBLISHED BY LINDASBOOKOBSESSION
    • 3/5
      I'm finding it difficult to sum up my thoughts on this book. I absolutely loved some aspects, and didn't at all like other aspects. In the end, I guess I'm left sitting in the middle of the fence on this one.J.D. Barker's writing style is truly riveting. He knows how to put readers right in the moment, sparking all the senses. The dialogue is believable, and we have some fun banter between the characters.I enjoyed the originality of the story and the characters. They feel like real people, and I wanted to step into their lives to spend time with them.But I had some problems.In book 1, I felt the 4MK killer came off as a little too preternatural. In this second book, the 4MK killer is a supervillain genius. He gleefully outsmarts the cops at every turn. His plan is elaborate, requiring many parts to fit together with perfect timing, yet nothing every goes wrong and no one who is helping him ever talks.The plot, like 4MK's plan, is elaborate and complicated. You really have to pay attention and follow every step, which can be difficult because we have several different storylines going on at the same time, as well as multiple narrating characters.Some scenes are extremely graphic. I don't flinch easily, but a few parts were difficult to get through. That being said, the scenes are exceptionally well written. And, finally, we have the ending, which isn't much of an ending but is instead a major cliffhanger. I'm not a fan of cliffhangers. If you haven't already, I highly recommend reading book 1, The Fourth Monkey, first. These are not stand-alone books, and they need to be read in order. I believe the third book will be the conclusion, so this will be a trilogy rather than an ongoing series. *The publisher provided me with an advance ebook copy, via NetGalley, in exchange for my honest review.*