I would like to share a murder mystery novel that is full of suspense with you The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife by Michael Libling (Author). I received a copy of the book in exchange for this review. The Author has prepared a press release for us which you can check here. Just don’t read this book at night of you may never sleep like me…
David and sometimes Charlie will watch Murder Mysteries with me on tv which I used to read as a child but as I’ve gotten older I quite reading this genre of books or I wouldn’t sleep. EVER!! Before you ask me why I would pick this book then its because I thought David would enjoy the story and get him interested in reading.
The cover of the book is intriguing with the red color that reminds me of a envelope. I wanted to know why the serial killer takes a wife but after reading a couple chapters the book took so may twist and turns I didn’t know if I would finish the book or not and before you ask no, I haven’t as of yet.
David did and he can’t wait to read other books by Michael Libling and knowing this I now know what to get David for Valentines Day and the nice part is Charlie has picked up the novel and is reading it now to prepare himself for Horror films he is wanting to watch. Charlie let me know his best friend Bradley would like The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife as well.
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The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife by Michael Libling (Author)
SURVIVAL TIPS FOR SONS OF SERIAL KILLERS
1. Change your last name. Be forgettable.
2. Take comfort. Serial killing is not hereditary. Not usually, anyhow.
3. Never contact your parents, whether on Death Row or elsewhere. You are messed up enough.
4. Choose a dull career. Run an ice cream parlor, for instance.
5. Do not fall in love. Sooner or later, she will ask to meet your mom and dad.
6. Trust no one. Not even her.
7. Do not get married. It cannot end well.
8. Keep what you know to yourself. You were just a kid, after all.
9. Do not return to your boyhood home. No one has forgotten anything.
SURVIVAL TIPS FOR READERS: Watch your back. Lock your doors. Be courteous to everyone. Yes, everyone. This is your only warning.
Praise for The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife
“The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife is sharp, funny, thrilling, and endlessly original. Michael Libling gives Riley Sager a run for his money!”—Nicholas Kaufmann, bestselling author of The Hungry Earth and The Stone Serpent
“By turns hilarious and terrifying… all rendered in Libling’s razor-sharp prose and piercing observations of small-town life that build relentlessly to a Grand Guignol finale. It’s the Coen Brothers meet Thomas Harris … and I can’t recommend it enough.”—Lawrence C. Connolly, Nightmare Cinema and Prime Stage Mystery Theatre
“Only a writer as flat-out funny as Michael Libling could remind us that 99% of ‘slaughter’ is ‘laughter.’ And only a storyteller with the genius of Michael Libling could somehow, amidst gasps and giggles and plot twists galore, make us care.”—Paul Witcover, author of Lincolnstein and many others
“Full of feeling and freakish delights, this is a wild, unpredictable story that will amaze and startle readers by turns. What if Patrick Bateman from American Psycho had been a family man? What would his son be like? Libling answers that question in this terrifying and darkly humorous tale of hereditary horror.”—Ian Rogers, author of Every House Is Haunted
“Michael Libling writes like that affable stranger on the next barstool buying you drinks as he charms you with his stories. Next thing you know, you’ve woken up in a bathtub full of ice with your kidney missing.”—William Shunn, author of The Accidental Terrorist
“Michael Libling is a brilliant writer. Anyone who’s read his first novel, Hollywood North, knows this already. His second, The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife, is just as brilliant, giving us, as it does, the same breathtaking mix of riveting ideas and heartfelt humanity that makes all of Libling’s work so memorable.”—Bruce McAllister, author of Dream Baby and The Village Sang to the Sea
“The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife raises and answers central questions of anxiety and existence. Libling, a major writer, takes chance after chance and surmounts them all.”—Barry N. Malzberg, author of The Lone Wolf crime series, Bend at the End of the Road, and many others
“The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife is a raucous, deceptively dark road trip that tantalizes and twists until it’s too late to go back.”—Tanya Gough, author of Root Bound, founder of StoryBilder.com
“What do you call a book that digs into the mind of a serial killer’s son with belly-aching laughs and rapier wit? Wonderful!”—James Ladd Thomas, author of Lester Lies Down and Ardor
“The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife by Michael Libling is an experiential and heart-stopping mystery soaked in the supernatural.”— Timothy S. Johnston, author of The Shadow of War
“Michael Libling has a genius for inserting a blade … the healing surgeon, or the nurse of death?”—Clark Blaise, author of This Time, That Place
About the author
Michael Libling is a World Fantasy Award-nominated author whose short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, and many others.
His latest novel, THE SERIAL KILLER’S SON TAKES A WIFE, is an off-kilter mystery/thriller with elements of horror, fantasy, and romance. It has been described as both “terrifying and hilarious” and quite unlike any serial killer novel you’ve read before. It was released by WordFire Press in September 2023. His previous novel, HOLLYWOOD NORTH: A NOVEL IN SIX REELS, is set in Michael’s hometown of Trenton, Ontario. Inspired by true events, the novel highlights the town’s little known and often bizarre history. These include the silent movie studio that operated in Trenton from 1917 to 1934 and the arrest of the commander of the nearby air force base for rape and murder in 2010.
Montrealers best know Michael as creator and former co-host of CJAD radio’s long-running Trivia Show. The father of three, he lives on Montreal’s West Island with his wife, Pat, and a big black dog named Piper. You can find out more about him at www.michaellibling.com, where he has been known to blog on occasion.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
