This one was emotionally painful and did not have a happy ending (well, sort of), but it worked. The reunion is painful, though, because the kid now considers his kidnapper his true parent and his new guardians as interlopers. They're reunited with their child when his kidnapper ends her life and leads a note behind as a confession to what she's done. The husband is bitter and depressed and the wife has come down with schizophrenia. A couple has their child kidnapped at a grocery store and their life has fallen apart. I honestly think I liked this one as much as the title story. Those are the best kinds of twists, the ones where if you read back and look for the clues, you think to yourself, "Aha!" This was an "Aha!" Great story. Also, there's an amazing twist that I did not see coming, and the best part of all is, it's foreshadowed, so it doesn't even come out of nowhere. Sometimes translations can read as clunky, but this was smooth and felt like it was written in native English.
The pacing is excellent and the translator did an amazing job. He must save his daughter by beating the killer at his own game- before he forgets both the man and the mission. Frantic, he begins to write down his thoughts in journals, and record instructions to himself on a device he wears around his neck.
MEMOIR OF A MURDERER SERIAL
His daughter is actually the daughter of one of his victims, who he has raised himself, and he cares about her as much as he cares about anything- which is why he is enraged when his daughter begins seeing the man he suspects is a rival serial killer setting up shop in the same town. Then he developed Alzheimer's and started to lose his whole killing drive. As I said, the narrator is a serial killer who was active until he was about 45 or so. It's the title story, and what we're all here for. I mean, how awesome does that sound? Then I got the book and realized there were other stories in here, too. I didn't realize that this was an anthology of short stories when I applied for the ARC, I was so taken with the title story: a tale about an old serial killer with a degenerative brain disease who believes his daughter is dating another serial killer. Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest Diary of a Murderer: ☆☆☆☆ It's the title story, and what we Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest I didn't realize that this was an anthology of short stories when I applied for the ARC, I was so taken with the title story: a tale about an old serial killer with a degenerative brain disease who believes his daughter is dating another serial killer. In other stories we witness an affair between two childhood friends that questions the limits of loyalty and love a family’s disintegration after a baby son is kidnapped and recovered years later and a wild, erotic ride about pursuing creativity at the expense of everything else. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter’s boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial killer. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter’s boyfriend, who It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?ĭiary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge-between life and death, good and evil. It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six? Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge-between life and death, good and evil.
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