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Cody McFadyen


Born
Fort Worth, Texas, The United States
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Stephen King


Cody McFadyen was an international bestselling author of six thrillers. Five of those thrillers are centered around FBI special agent Smoky Barrett, who hunts serial killers. In 2011 his stand alone thriller Der Menschenmacher was published in Germany with no English translation. Before releasing book five in the Smoky Barrett series in 2016, McFadyen took four years off to care for his ailing parents. According to his German publisher he was the father of a daughter and lived in Southern California. Cody McFadyen passed away in May 2023.

Average rating: 4.11 · 45,086 ratings · 3,098 reviews · 36 distinct worksSimilar authors
Shadow Man (Smoky Barrett, #1)

4.14 avg rating — 14,884 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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The Face of Death (Smoky Ba...

4.25 avg rating — 9,307 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Abandoned (Smoky Barrett #4)

4.15 avg rating — 7,743 ratings — published 2009 — 55 editions
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The Darker Side (Smoky Barr...

4.11 avg rating — 7,681 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Die Stille vor dem Tod (Smo...

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Der Menschenmacher

3.83 avg rating — 1,971 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
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Die Blutlinie / Der Todeskü...

4.49 avg rating — 678 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Die Blutlinie / Der Todeskü...

4.70 avg rating — 131 ratings3 editions
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Das Böse in uns/Ausgelöscht...

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Shadow Man The Face of Death The Darker Side Abandoned Die Stille vor dem Tod
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“She doesn't speak, and I say nothing more. We just stare at each other, letting the tears roll down our cheeks. That's what tears are for, after all. A way for the soul to bleed.”
Cody McFadyen, Shadow Man

“That's what tears are for, after all. A way for the soul to bleed. Pg. 109”
Cody McFadyen, Shadow Man

“Life is monstrous, but life is beautiful”
Cody McFadyen

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What book should be our "moderator recommends" book for August 2024?

Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Lone Women
Victor LaValle

Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” ( BuzzFeed ) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling .

Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.

The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.

Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.
 
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The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) by M.R. Carey
The Girl with All the Gifts
M.R. Carey

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius."

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

The Girl with All the Gifts is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin, and Neil Gaiman.
 
  12 votes 31.6%

Carrie by Stephen King
Carrie
Stephen King

This year is the 50th anniversary of this book's publication.

A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.

Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is...Carrie
 
  6 votes 15.8%

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Incidents Around the House
Josh Malerman

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”

When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the same question, over and over . . . Bela understands that unless she says yes, soon her family must pay.

Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe but other incidents show cracks in her parents' marriage. The safety Bela relies on is on the brink of unraveling.

But Other Mommy needs an answer.

Incidents Around the House is a chilling, wholly unique tale of true horror told by the child Bela. A story about a family as haunted as their home.
 
  6 votes 15.8%

Shadow Man Smoky Barrett, Book 1 by Cody McFadyen
Shadow Man: Smoky Barrett, Book 1
Cody McFadyen

FBI agent Smoky Barrett is no stranger to the darker recesses of the human mind. But nothing could have prepared her for the day she had to watch her husband and daughter die at the hands of a serial killer. She bears the scars, mental and physical. Most people would run -- from work, from life, from everything associated with the pain of a shattered existence. But Smoky doesn't know how to run -- and when the job that has defined her life comes calling once again with the news that her best friend from high school has been brutally murdered, she finds herself back in the firing line, chasing a hidden killer who will stop at nothing to confront her. Face to face.
 
  2 votes 5.3%

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