About the Book
Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. One impossible explanation. In this edge-of-your-seat mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake, the truth is as hard to believe as it is to find.
Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood.
Michael Jensen, an aspiring journalist whose father happens to be the town sheriff, never imagined that the Bloodless Murders would come to his backyard. Not until the night the Carlson family was found murdered in their home. Marie Catherine Hale, a diminutive fifteen-year-old, was discovered at the scene—covered in blood. She is the sole suspect in custody.
Michael didn’t think that he would be part of the investigation, but he is pulled in when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened the night that the Carlsons were killed? And how did one girl wind up in the middle of all these bodies?
My Review
A chill-inducing true crime novel, All These Bodies will have you jumping at little noises in the dark and peering over your shoulder if you are reading this one alone. Definitely not a book for those with a weak stomach; there are quite a few graphic scenes in this one that will twist your insides a bit when you read what a gruesome serial killer is doing to multiple victims in the Midwest area. This is actually a shorter novel than I expected it to be, and even with the grimace-inducing chapters, the writing and suspense of what could possibly be going on kept me invested. I’ve read reviews of some being displeased there is no real resolution, and I would agree there. The last few chapters had me pretty confused in correlation with the rest of the book and felt a little discombobulated at the finale. An eerily disturbing novel, but one I would recommend if that’s your genre.
4 stars
