Format: Hardcover, 244 pages
Release Date: March 5, 2024
Publisher: Severn House
Source: Publisher
Genre: Thriller / Suspense
A serial killer, dormant for years, reawakens after viewing a Netflix docuseries depicting his string of homicides. The killer is not happy with his portrayal and no one in the cast and crew is safe! The first installment of a gripping new thriller series set in Chicago and featuring a young sibling sleuth-duo and their working dogs.
Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago Police Department and Cory owning a dog training academy with two human remains detection dogs of his own, their professional paths cross every now and then.
Crime, and especially murder, in Chicago is nothing new, but when a string of killings happen that seem to be connected to a Netflix docuseries and its cast and crew, Cory and Crystal are called in to stop the number of bodies from piling any higher.
But when the siblings start poking around the killer's business, the killer sets their sights on the pair . . . and particularly on Cory and his dogs! Will they be able to escape the fury of the serial killer or become the newest victims?
This fast-paced thriller, with insight into a serial killer's mind, is a perfect up-all-night binge-read, and a great choice if you love spirited detectives, great action - and very good dogs!
Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago Police Department and Cory owning a dog training academy with two human remains detection dogs of his own, their professional paths cross every now and then.
Crime, and especially murder, in Chicago is nothing new, but when a string of killings happen that seem to be connected to a Netflix docuseries and its cast and crew, Cory and Crystal are called in to stop the number of bodies from piling any higher.
But when the siblings start poking around the killer's business, the killer sets their sights on the pair . . . and particularly on Cory and his dogs! Will they be able to escape the fury of the serial killer or become the newest victims?
This fast-paced thriller, with insight into a serial killer's mind, is a perfect up-all-night binge-read, and a great choice if you love spirited detectives, great action - and very good dogs!
Jeffrey B. Burton's The Dead Years is the first installment in the author's A Chicago K-9 Thriller series featuring a sibling sleuth-duo and their working dogs. A serial killer, dormant for years, reawakens after viewing a Netflix docuseries depicting his string of homicides. The Dead Night Killer is not happy with his portrayal and no one in the cast and crew is safe! Key Characters: Cory Pratt (23), Sole proprietor of Cor Canine Training Academy, Crystal Pratt, Detective Chicago PD Violent Crimes investigator, Alice (bloodhound), and Rex (springer spaniel).
7 years ago, The Dead Night Killer suddenly stopped killing. Nobody knows why. Except for the killer. But now the bodies are starting to pile up again. Then again, that's nothing new for Chicago. Anyone associated with the Netflix docuseries is finding themselves tracked down by the serial killer. Cory and his sister Crystal are slowly getting on with their lives after losing their parents in a freak storm. Cory still has issues and blames himself, but thankfully he has Alice and Rex to keep him from losing himself.
The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. Crystal has recently been minted as a detective and Cory is the one-man band who operates his own canine training academy, and now as a consultant to the Chicago P.D. But when the siblings start poking around the killer's business, the killer sets their sights on the pair and particularly on Cory and his dogs! Will they be able to escape the fury of the serial killer or become the newest victims?
The author tends to alternate each chapter from a different character including the serial killer and yet another who I won't spoil. The killer's part of the story is creepy. Seriously. But necessary to understand why after 7 years, the DNK killer chooses to pick up his killing. Burton is the writer of another K-9 series called Mace Reid K-9 Mystery. As with the previous series, Burton's dogs tend to steal the show, and thankfully Cory has both of them to keep him sane, and safe after he becomes a target of the killer.
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