An intense, nail biting wild ride of a book! This book starts out as a hard boiled detective novel, but quickly becomes much more. I find it refreshing to view both the investigation and the crimes from the female point of view.
Blood, Smoke and Ashes
by Bradley Convissar
4.2 stars - 64 reviews
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Here's the set-up:
In the Fall of 1955, the state of Nevada used the electric chair to execute a prisoner for the first time. It was also the last time.
Molly
Blackburn, nicknamed Jane the Ripper by the Las Vegas press after
killing eleven men while posing as a prostitute, was strapped to the
chair without incident. The switch was flipped.
Everything after that went horribly wrong.
Since
that day, a copycat Jane the Ripper has appeared almost every decade in
a different city, mimicking Molly's choice in victims as well as her
methods of murder. She kills eleven men then disappears, never to be
found. The similarities between the bodies left behind each decade is
uncanny. As if they are all the victims of the same murderer, not a
copycat.
But that's impossible, of course, because Molly Blackburn is dead, her execution witnessed by a dozen people.
FBI
Agent Jack Shaw, the lead investigator in the Jane the Ripper cases
since the seventies, finally catches a break in 2009 when the intended
fifth victim manages to turn the tables on the newest copycat . Everyone
believes that the horror has finally ended with her capture. Shaw is
not so sure, though, wondering if someone else will take up the mantle
and kill seven more men to complete the cycle. But when no more bodies
with her distinctive markings show up over the next two years, Shaw
allows himself to believe that maybe he has seen the end of the Jane the
Ripper murders.
As it turns out, what he thought was the end was only the beginning.
His
hunt will take him across the country, and even when he thinks he's
finally discovered the truth, he quickly learns that not everything is
as it seems.
That not every monster is created equal.
That the nature of good and evil is not as black and white as he has always believed.
That not everything that is broken can be put back together.
That not every fractured soul can be saved.
When blood, smoke and ashes rise, no one comes out the same on the other side.
Blood,
Smoke and Ashes is a 115,00 word supernatural thriller that also
contains the first half of my crime/thriller novella "I Never"
One Reviewer Notes:
Some abuse is too terrible to comprehend. Some damage runs too deep to ever heal and sometimes revenge is not as sweet, as it is evil. Brad Convissar's first full length novel is a genuine diamond in the rough. Briskly paced and entertaining. Brad takes us on a journey about an angry spirit of a serial killer whose hate and vengeance is stronger than death itself. The nightmare must be stopped at all costs and a trio of unlikely heroes must find a way to execute the evil once and for all. Very solid writing from Brad Convissar. Well done.
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About the Author
Brad Convissar is a dentist by day, a writer of dark fiction at night, and a father, husband, and not-so-proud pet owner when time permits.
He is the author of several dozen short stories, four novellas, and will be releasing his first novel, Blood, Smoke and Ashes, a supernatural thriller, in early 2013.
He was born in Georgia, but moved to southern New Jersey before he could be forced to be an Atlanta Braves fan. He spent his formative years living outside of Philadelphia where he latched on to the Philly sports teams and was promptly disappointed for almost twenty years. He spent his college years in New Orleans, where he earned his bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology at Tulane University, then relocated to lovely Newark New Jersey, where he earned his DMD.
After eight years of bouncing around, Brad finally settled down back in south Jersey, only miles from the house he grew up in. He is happily married and the proud father of two children. He is also "dad' to a diabetic, half-blind eight-year-old daschund named Friday who is little more than a lump on the couch most of the time.
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3.8 stars – 188 Reviews
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From the beginning Madeline’s life was a narrative of disappointment and broken dreams. Plump, plain and past her sell by date, happiness and hope were no longer part of her vocabulary. But one day like a bolt from the blue, destiny delivers a massive dose of compensation in the form of David Powell, her strange and elusive neighbour. From the moment they meet, Madeline is plunged into a world of excitement and intrigue where nothing is what it seems. This classic reversal of fortune tale reminds us that ultimately life is a mystery, perfectly able to demolish and reconfigurate even the most hopeless situations.
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4.0 stars – 36 Reviews
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Law of Attraction says “Like Attracts Like”. I believe there are two likes- Inner Like and Outer Like. Our Inner Like attracts the Outer Like through the Law of Attraction. But how do we create an Inner Like that will attract the things we want? In this book, you will learn seven highly effective words that hold the secret to manifesting the Law of Attraction. That’s right – just seven words!
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4.1 stars – 69 Reviews
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Everything was picture perfect from the outside looking in until the life she was born to live collided with the life she was living. Her husband is murdered by a creature from another realm, a creature that is only visible to her. Through her pain, his death awakens a part of her she didn’t know existed. She is then thrust into a life of Vampires, Werewolves and Sexy Nephilim Warriors.
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4.1 stars – 17 Reviews
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The winter solstice 2012 won’t be the end of the world. It will be the beginning of the end…. Naomi has a pretty sweet life. Respected as a skilled mediator, she has an almost uncanny knack for getting people on both sides of a dispute to agree. And her handsome boyfriend Brock has just proposed to her. But a white buffalo calf is bowing to her in her dreams. And who is the Native American man who has been following her around?
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4.3 stars – 25 Reviews
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At sixteen, Bay-Lee is not your typical girl. The last thing she wants is to be popular, to be noticed, so she never raises her hand in class. She doesn’t participate in extra-curricular activities and purposely puts the wrong answers on tests in order to keep her solid C point average. Her classmates have no clue who she really is, Van Helsing’s daughter. They don’t know she’s on the run, hiding from monsters that want to kill her before she can turn into a great hunter. They’re afraid of her… and they should be because she plans to be the best hunter the world has ever seen. As soon as she is finished with her training, she’s going to track and kill the werewolf pack responsible for tearing her mother to shreds, and nothing is going to get in her way.
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4.8 stars – 11 Reviews
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Garrett is an ex-soldier, forged in the flames of war. Now he hides from his terrible past. Reclusive. Alone. But one phone call drags him back. An old friend needs his help and Garrett is her ultimate Choice of Weapon.
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5.0 stars – 14 Reviews
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This eye-opening new book challenges readers to reevaluate their perceptions of God, and it thoughtfully exposes many misconceptions that are commonly found in the church of our day. Readers are led into a deeper understanding of the real God of the Bible and shown the path to a new and immensely satisfying relationship with their loving Father.
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4.6 stars – 10 Reviews
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You are the center of the family, Mom. You are the one who is most needed most often, and there may be times when you feel drained. Some Mothers reach the point where they have nothing left and still their families need them.
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As it turns out, what FBI Agent Jack Shaw thought was the end was only the beginning.
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