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The Silence by Luca Veste

4.0

What was supposed to be a fun night reminiscing about their childhood and jamming out to 90’s music and camping turns into a nightmare for six friends, Matt, Alexandra, Chris, Nicola, Stuart and Michelle. Woken in the middle of the night by the screams from one of their friends, they run into the woods to find Stuart being attacked by a man with a machete , they fight back and kill the stranger. Instead of calling the police they bury the body. No sooner after they bury the body they discover the person they killed was a serial killer known as The Candle Man. A notorious killer who leaves his trademark red-candle burning at his victims homes. They make a pact to keep what they did a secret. Fast forward a year later and still dealing with what they did, and each of them dealing with their actions differently Matt is hardly sleeping and his relationship with Alexandra has ended. Stuart and Michelle have also ended their relationship but somehow Chris and Michele were able to move forward. When Stuart is found dead on train tracks and it’s labeled a suicide, Matt believes there was more to it than just suicide. When he discovers a red candle at Stuart’s apartment, his worst fears are happening The Candle Man had a partner and it appears they know what this group of friends did. When Michelle receives a candle Matt knows he needs to stop the killer before the rest of them become targets. ThE book is told by Matt as the narrator and i loved it! It goes back and forth from the beginning of how the group became friends and now trying to figure out The Candle Man mystery! It reminded me a bit of I know what you did last summer! Four stars!