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I'm so happy to be able to tell you about both of these titles by Eric Rickstad.
When I first heard about The Names of Dead Girls from an event that was put on by the publisher I knew immediately that I HAD to read it. Well... after I read The Silent Girls.
A huge thanks to Molly Waxman from William Morrow for sending me a copy of The Names of Dead Girls to read and review but not quite yet- stay turned at a later date for that review, as I'm talking about The Silent Girls today. Trust me on this when I tell you that you are going to want BOTH of these titles (heh, I and didn't even read the second one yet).
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
With the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well . . .
Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappeared without a trace.
Soon Rath's investigation brings him face-to-face with the darkest abominations of the human soul.
With the consequences of his violent and painful past plaguing him, and young women with secrets vanishing one by one, he discovers once again that even in the smallest towns on the map, evil lurks everywhere—and no one is safe.
Morally complex, seething with wickedness and mystery, and rich in gritty atmosphere and electrifying plot turns, The Silent Girls marks the return of critically acclaimed author Eric Rickstad. Readers of Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbø, and Greg Iles will love this book and find themselves breathless at the incendiary, ambitious, and unforgettable story.
I'm kind of glad The Silent Girls escaped me when it was first published.
Let me explain.
It was published circa January 2015 and that ending...HOLY MOTHER...
Meaning if I had read it then, I would have driven myself crazy waiting for a follow up. Lucky for me/us - The Names of Dead Girls is now available. Again, I'll be reading and reviewing that at later date (sooner rather than later) but I'm going off topic.
A major pointer when you sit to read The Silent Girls: clear your schedule. You are going to want to read it in one sitting- it's that damn good. I mean, if those opening pages don't give you goosebumps, I don't know what will.
I'm going to try to write my review without giving anything away- meaning no real spoilers.
There are several plot lines going on here and I was glad to see that not everything was related to a single origin.
It's rare that an author can take me by surprise with a "twist" but Mr. Rickstad managed to do so with the ending. It's a doozy.
I did manage to figure out the other reveals though but that's okay. Everything worked.
Mr. Rickstad has a writing style that adds to the general gritty and gripping tone of the novel. The setting is also a brilliant choice here adding another layer to this unsettling novel (hope that makes sense!).
Our hero, Rath is also wisely developed. Mr. Rickstad has written him in a way that I think is appealing to both male and female(me) readers.
There are also two (female) characters here Rachel and Sonja and they are well developed despite being secondary. In fact, Mr. Rickstad has written all three in a way that I want to know more about all three of them. Oh, and let's not forget Preacher. Can you say CREEPY?
Let me explain.
It was published circa January 2015 and that ending...HOLY MOTHER...
Meaning if I had read it then, I would have driven myself crazy waiting for a follow up. Lucky for me/us - The Names of Dead Girls is now available. Again, I'll be reading and reviewing that at later date (sooner rather than later) but I'm going off topic.
A major pointer when you sit to read The Silent Girls: clear your schedule. You are going to want to read it in one sitting- it's that damn good. I mean, if those opening pages don't give you goosebumps, I don't know what will.
I'm going to try to write my review without giving anything away- meaning no real spoilers.
There are several plot lines going on here and I was glad to see that not everything was related to a single origin.
It's rare that an author can take me by surprise with a "twist" but Mr. Rickstad managed to do so with the ending. It's a doozy.
I did manage to figure out the other reveals though but that's okay. Everything worked.
Mr. Rickstad has a writing style that adds to the general gritty and gripping tone of the novel. The setting is also a brilliant choice here adding another layer to this unsettling novel (hope that makes sense!).
Our hero, Rath is also wisely developed. Mr. Rickstad has written him in a way that I think is appealing to both male and female(me) readers.
There are also two (female) characters here Rachel and Sonja and they are well developed despite being secondary. In fact, Mr. Rickstad has written all three in a way that I want to know more about all three of them. Oh, and let's not forget Preacher. Can you say CREEPY?
Again, I'm really glad I learned about both of these titles and that I was able to read The Silent Girls and can (soon) read the follow up.
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“As I read Eric Rickstad’s latest, The Names of Dead Girls, I felt myself constantly wanting to skip ahead -- anxious, desperate, to find out what was going to happen...You’re in the hands of one of the best in the business, at the very peak of his form. “ -- Michael Harvey, author of Brighton
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Eric Rickstad delivers another Canaan Crime novel, the electrifying sequel to The Silent Girls, and features once again detectives Frank Rath and Sonja Test as they track a depraved killer through rural Vermont.
Every murder tells a story. Some stories never end . . .
In a remote northern Vermont town, college student Rachel Rath is being watched. She can feel the stranger’s eyes on her, relentless and possessive. And she’s sure the man watching her is the same man who killed her mother and father years ago: Ned Preacher, a serial rapist and murderer who gamed the system to get a light sentence. Now, he’s free.
Detective Frank Rath adopted Rachel, his niece, after the shocking murder of her parents when she was a baby. Ever since, Rath’s tried to protect her from the true story of her parents’ deaths. But now Preacher is calling Rath to torment him. He’s threatening Rachel and plotting cruelties for her, of the flesh and of the mind. When other girls are found brutally murdered, and a woman goes missing, Rath and Detective Sonja Test must untangle the threads that tie these new crimes and some long-ago nightmares together. Soon they will learn that the truth is more perverse than anyone could guess, rife with secrets, cruel desires, and warped, deadly loyalty.
Mesmerizing, startling, and intricately plotted, The Names of Dead Girls builds relentlessly on its spellbinding premise, luring readers into its dark and macabre mystery, right to its shocking end.
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