Library of the Dead - Glenn Cooper

'Library Of The Dead' is Glenn Cooper's first novel. Glenn has a degree in archaeology, which is put to some use in the storyline of this book. *Plot* There is a spate of murders that have been happening in New York. The murderer has been nicknamed the 'Doomsday Killer'. Six people have been killed in two weeks. Each one of the victims has received a postcard before they died. On the postcard is a date and a hand drawn picture of a coffin. Each victim dies on the date stated on the postcard. The FBI assigns Will Piper, an FBI agent who is an expert on serial killers, to the case. He on the other hand does not want to take the case on, as he is ...  Read the complete review

Story Outline... New York 2009 and a murderer nicknamed the Doomsday Killer has claimed six victims in just two weeks. The police are baffled; none of the victims have anything in common with each other, the only thing that connects them to the same killer is that all the victims have received a creepy postcard in the days before their deaths. The postcard, with a crude drawing of a coffin, announced the date of their deaths. Struggling to come up with any results, they pull in Agent Will Piper an expert when it comes to serial killers. Will's search takes him in a direction he could never have imagined, uncovering an ancient old secret, an ...  Read the complete review