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The Resident
by David Jackson
This story was unusual, in that it was written from the point of view of the serial killer & his inner voice.
Thomas Brogan is on the run from the police. He has killed several people already, including his parents. He stumbles ipon an abandoned house, he hides there. He goes to explore the attic and realises that the attic is a shared one with all those houses in the terrace.
In the first house he discovers Elsie, an elderly lady with dementia, who thinks he is her dead son come back to life, so instead of killing her he develops an odd relationship with her where she feeds him every night. Further along the terrace, live Martyn & Collette. He chooses them as his next victims and starts to play "the game" with them.
Really enjoyed this, the writing was great, descriptive, really liked the often dark humour of Brogan's inner voice/alter ego. Weirdly I started to feel sorry for Brogan as he had suffered greatly in his childhood (we got glimpses of this) which caused him to suffer mentally, resulting in the split personality we saw.
Really enjoyed the twist at the end, although it was a little schmaltzy/predictable.
I probably would have devoured this book in a day or two if it wasn't for the pigeonhole format.
Thank you David & pigeonhole for the opportunity to read this book.
Thomas Brogan is on the run from the police. He has killed several people already, including his parents. He stumbles ipon an abandoned house, he hides there. He goes to explore the attic and realises that the attic is a shared one with all those houses in the terrace.
In the first house he discovers Elsie, an elderly lady with dementia, who thinks he is her dead son come back to life, so instead of killing her he develops an odd relationship with her where she feeds him every night. Further along the terrace, live Martyn & Collette. He chooses them as his next victims and starts to play "the game" with them.
Really enjoyed this, the writing was great, descriptive, really liked the often dark humour of Brogan's inner voice/alter ego. Weirdly I started to feel sorry for Brogan as he had suffered greatly in his childhood (we got glimpses of this) which caused him to suffer mentally, resulting in the split personality we saw.
Really enjoyed the twist at the end, although it was a little schmaltzy/predictable.
I probably would have devoured this book in a day or two if it wasn't for the pigeonhole format.
Thank you David & pigeonhole for the opportunity to read this book.