Detective Felicia Stone
is called in when a gruesome murder is discovered at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum
in Richmond Virginia. Shortly thereafter a similar crime is committed in Trondheim
Norway at the Gunnerus Library. Both crimes seem connected to The Johannes Book written by a 16th
century monk who may have been Norway’s first serial killer. Eventually a
connection is made between the crimes and Felicia travels to Norway to work
with Odd Singsaker to bring a mad man to justice.
Where
Monsters Dwell travels back
and forth from the 16th century where we learn about the earliest
details into human dissection for the anatomical discoveries and the present.
The beginning is rather slow as it presents a lot of information, different characters
and locations. But the pace soon picks up and then it’s hard to put down but
for the grisly crimes—I mean do you really have to skin and behead a body in
order to tell a good story? This is certainly not for the faint of heart.
Where Monsters Dwell is
the first in a series and I will read the next one because I really liked the
characters. Felicia’s past includes a rape and drug addiction and surprisingly a
connection to one of the suspects and Odd is just returning back to work after
surgery for a brain tumor, a wife who left him in the midst of it and a son he
can’t find time to connect with because of the demands of his job. Lots of
potential here.
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