The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari

not think of one. I must assume that the idea of writing a fiction book about someone targeting this group is not particularly original, but this has not stopped Richard Montanari from having a go. Can Montanari bring anything new to the serial killer thriller genre or will he fade in to literacy history? His abundant sales would suggest the former… Veteran cop Kevin Byrne has just been put on one of the hardest cases of his career. Someone is killing Catholic School girls and leaving their mutilated bodies out in the open in broad daylight. Things are only made worse when he discovers that he has to work with a new partner, Jessica Balzano, who herself is new to ...

The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari

I’ve wanted to read The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari since first reading a brief synopsis a few months ago, and now I’ve read it I’m so glad I did. The basic premise of the story is that someone is terrorising Philadelphia; a madman is committing murders based on famous murder scenes in movies, he’s filming the murders and splicing his grisly home movies into rental copies of the movie he’s recreated. When a student finds ‘The Actor’s’ (as Philadelphia cops dub him) debut movie, which recreates the world famous shower scene in Psycho, in a video rental store he immediately takes it to the police and it’s here the fun begins. What follows is a murder spree taking ...

The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari

this was that it could occassionally get confusing as with each new chapter you d have to readjust to the style and character it was now talking about. This is a minor gripe though. One of the best parts of the book unsurprisingly is the end; the book progressively gets better and by the end I found it very hard to put down; it has such an exciting climax. Overall I highly recommend this book and plan to read others in the series by Richard ...