Mostly Murders

The house creaked under a sudden onslaught of wind. And then the screaming started.

Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Publication day review of Heart of a Killer, book 3 in the Notes on a Murder series. Many thanks to the author, Christopher Seto, for this ebook, publishing today.

An evil twin blackmailing his long-lost sister. Two siblings who may be planning a murder. An undercover mission to catch an art thief. An artist who mysteriously disappeared. A remote mountain lodge filled with secrets, old acquaintances reappearing, and a very surprising revelation about his family is what awaits Theo Chan in this third instalment of the adventures of a criminology student turned intern for a private investigator firm.

Heart of a Killer is a fast-paced mystery novel with a hint of And Then There Were None, and a touch of The Telltale Heart mixed with dry wit, potentially paranormal happenings and hilariously absurd developments. Theo follows his mysterious private investigator employers, Primrose and Teebin, to a remote snowcovered mountain lodge for a private art auction. Their job is to prevent an art theft, but as the snow piles up and the roads to and from the mountain close, they find themselves investigating murder instead.

The mountain lodge is the former home of a sculptor who disappeared. Some say he killed himself or died in a tragic accident. Other claims that the devil came to collect his wicked soul, and that his ghost still haunts the lodge. What is certain is that his remaining family still inhabiting the lodge and their invited guests are a truly dysfunctional bunch filled with hate, distrust and deadly secrets, and it is no surprise when violence erupts, and the lodge turns from a refuge to a prison.

The balance of humour and suspense is perfect in this one. Never too serious or too light-hearted, Heart of a Killer will have you turning the pages faster than Theo’s emotional stress meter skyrocketing when he realises that he may very well be trapped on a mountain with a murderer. If you like your mysteries to be tense, humorous, clever and surprising, I highly recommend the Notes on a Murder series, starting with book 1, The Chocolatier’s Curse.

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