A Reason to Kill

by Nathaniel Tower

Young hotshot Detective Geminer became a police officer to put away scum like the man who killed his father. His latest case, the Do-Good Killer, chooses his victims based on prior criminal records and thinks their history of crime is justification for his murders. As the isolated Geminer attempts to capture the elusive criminal, cope with the loss of his father, and find normal human relationships, he questions his own motives behind being a police officer and begins to learn that he and his enemy have quite a bit in common.

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First published July 8, 2011

About the author

Nathaniel Tower lives in the Twin Cities area with his wife and daughters. After teaching high school English for nine years, he decided to start a new career in writing and marketing. His fiction has appeared in over two hundred online and print journals. His first collection of short stories, "Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" was released by Martian Lit in 2014. In 2011, MuseItUp Publishing released his first novel, A Reason to Kill, followed a year later by his first novella, Hallways and Handguns. Nathaniel is the founding and managing editor of Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine and Press. When he’s not doing writerly things, he likes to joggle (juggle and run simultaneously). He is the former world record holder for running a mile backwards while juggling. He is working on getting his record back. Find out more about Nathaniel at nathanieltower.com.

Reviews

[Avry15 · Rating 4 out of 5]

originally appeared on:Bookshelf Confessions

*I won a free copy of this e-book in a LibraryThing Member Giveaway*

a good action-filled book!
author Nathaniel Tower combines spices of action, mystery, crime,etc.
the story is well-written and the plot is outstanding..luring readers to its depth and intelligence..
many twist was formed in the story, as well as the emphasis between good and evil was clearly depicted in this work.. in A Reason to Kill, be prepared to share your soul to the characters of the story, as the author gives you vivid description of how the characters feel, think, and their outlook on certain circumstances.. a good book that would surely make you thinking along with the characters!

Young hotshot Detective Geminer became a police officer to put away scum like the man who killed his father. His latest case, the Do-Good Killer, chooses his victims based on prior criminal records and thinks their history of crime is justification for his murders. As the isolated Geminer attempts to capture the elusive criminal, cope with the loss of his father, and find normal human relationships, he questions his own motives behind being a police officer and begins to learn that he and his enemy have quite a bit in common.

[Ty · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Reason to Kill is a murder mystery told through the voices of the killer and the detective trying to catch him. I like the fact that the story is told from both perspectives. I enjoyed reading this book.

I only have two negatives about this book. The first is the fact that the reader is left hanging about certain details in the book (cannot go into detail without giving the story away. The other negative is that by the middle of the book I had already figured out who the killer is.

Overall this was a really good book. I would recommend it if you are a fan of mysteries. It is a page-turner.