The Fifth to Die
- Author J.D. Barker
- Narrator James Alexander
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 10 July 2018
- Run Time 17 hours and 9 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Horror and supernatural fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
‘J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.’ James Patterson
Murder. It’s a family affair.
In the midst of one of the worst winters Chicago has seen in years, the body of missing teenager Ella Reynolds is discovered under the surface of a frozen lake.
She’s been missing for three weeks… the lake froze over three months ago.
Detective Sam Porter and his team are brought in to investigate but it’s not long before another girl goes missing. The press believes the serial killer, Anson Bishop, has struck again but Porter knows differently. The deaths are too different, there’s a new killer on the loose.
Porter however is distracted. He’s still haunted by Bishop and his victims, even after the FBI have removed him from the case. His only leads: a picture of a female prisoner and a note from Bishop: ‘Help me find my mother. I think it’s time she and I talked.’
As more girls go missing and Porter’s team race to stop the body count rising, Porter disappears to track down Bishop’s mother and discover that the only place scarier than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.
Perfect for fans of Helen Fields, Val McDermid and Jo Nesbo this gripping and twisted thriller will have you wondering, how do you stop a killer when he’s been trained from birth?
Praise for The Fifth to Die:
‘J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.’ James Patterson
‘Superbly paced, beautifully constructed evocation of evil’ Daily Mail
‘A gritty thriller that gets right under your skin’ HEAT
‘Chillingly written’ Woman
‘Barker spins a serpentine and sometimes gruesome
tale… Sparse and cinematic, the pages fly by.’ Press Association
Critics Review
n Praise for The Fifth to Die:n
n‘J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.’ James Patterson
n‘Superbly paced, beautifully constructed evocation of evil’ Daily Mail
n‘A gritty thriller that gets right under your skin’ HEAT
n‘Chillingly written’ Woman
n‘Barker spins a serpentine and sometimes gruesome
tale… Sparse and cinematic, the pages fly by.’ Press Association
n Praise for J.D. Barker:n
n‘The Fourth Monkey has one of the most ingenious openings that I’ve read in years. This thriller never disappoints.’
James Patterson
‘Superbly constructed and immaculately paced, this is one of the few serial killer thrillers that bears comparison with Thomas Harris’s 1981 masterpiece Red Dragon.’
The Daily Mail
‘A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind.’
Jeffery Deaver
‘Not since Hannibal Lecter had a friend for dinner has a serial killer been so skillfully rendered on the page.’
Taylor Elmore, Writer/Producer of Justified and Limitless
‘A labyrinth of madness and a macabre charnel house of mirrors, The Fourth Monkey is a 1st-rate, devilish thriller.’
Eric Rickstad, New York Times bestselling author of The Names Of Dead Girls
‘Gripping, addictive, and devilishly clever. From its opening salvo The Fourth Monkey grabs you and never lets go. J. D. Barker is a stunning new talent.’
Barry Lancet, award-winning author of Tokyo Kill and Pacific Burn
‘A chillingly delicious page-turner.’
New York Times Bestselling Author, Kelley Armstrong
‘Creepy, scary… and impossible to put down! The Fourth Monkey is everything a thriller should be—a must read!’
Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author
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