—Girl vs Books, “If you like a fast paced thriller with a complex plot and plenty of stay-up-late appeal – I can’t Categories: This week, I’ll be featuring a review from The Fourth Monkey by J.D. | Porter also finds a diary on the body—which Barker heavily excerpts and which readers might wish could be excised like the killer excises body parts—that chronicles Four Monkey’s unusually gory upbringing. —What’s Good to Read, NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR. I tend to avoid the horror genres but tiptoe carefully along the thrillers. — The Real Book Spy, “A must read for all detective/thriller lovers!” The Fourth Monkey was quite literally the opposite. SCIENCE FICTION J.D. Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2017, Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019. © Copyright 2020 Kirkus Media LLC. A. —Lansing State Journal, “Gritty, masterful suspense…Lee Child, you’ve met your match.” THE FOURTH MONKEY is a great start to a series that probably will feature a game of cat and mouse between Porter and the 4MK. It could just be a casual nod to fans of his work, but a part of me wants to believe that it’s part of something larger at work, that perhaps the two stories take place in the same fictional universe. Nash seems to be a bit more reckless and quick with jokes, but Porter is able to hold his own in their verbal sparring matches. The task force stumbles on a crime scene where Porter mentions the man was probably alive for two days before his death. date_range 5 years in business. . Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Its a thumbs up alternative. —Have Books Will Read, “This is seriously going to be the most talked about books of the year!” SUSPENSE The Fourth Monkey is a chilling thriller that is compulsively readable and offers up plenty of twists and turns that make it an essential addition to your summer reading list. The Fourth Monkey is being described as Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs and that is a pretty accurate comparison. | I wanted to get to the end and find out what the hell happened but the building suspense and creepiness was so well written, I also wanted to stay within the pages. I hated the diary but it is an important part of the story, no matter how distasteful it may be. As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. — Book Polar, “The Fourth Monkey is creepy, atmospheric and completely compelling.” This needs to be done in way more books of this kind to keep the readers engaged long after the book has been finished and not just leave on a cliffhanger to promote their second book in the series. I will be waiting to see what Barker does next, and so should you.” For all of his skill as a detective, it is clear he is a bit old school when he doesn’t know what Twitter is. GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE The Fourth Monkey is more of a psychological thriller, but it mines the same dark depths of the human psyche for inspiration that Forsaken did, making it a must read for fans of both genres. True, some might call that boring and dull. Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds.

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