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Grave
Sometimes death runs far deeper than six feet…
Graves are meant for the dead. But when a missing woman is found in one still breathing, the discovery sparks a massive manhunt across the city of Boston in search of a man that calls himself the Grave Digger.
The first victim was lucky. The others won’t be. One by one he knocks people off his list. A list that carries fifteen names on it. Names that are destined for things unimaginable. Things that are unspeakable. Things that lead to nothing but pain and anguish until all that’s left is the hole in the ground destined for them.
It’s up to Frank McKenzie to hunt the Grave Digger down and bury him in some good old fashioned justice.
But sometimes justice comes at a cost.
From bestselling crime author Luis Samways comes another rollercoaster thrill ride of a book. Fans of hard boiled pulp fiction will enjoy the antics of both the maverick Detective Frank McKenzie and his sidekick Santiago and the dastardly bad guys he faces. These books aren’t for the faint of heart!
Grave is the fourth full length book in the Frank McKenzie Mysteries series. (The Frank McKenzie books DO NOT need to be read in any particular order, although reading them in order will be favourable to fans of progressive storytelling)
Contains strong language, graphic violence and scenes some readers may find disturbing.
Graves are meant for the dead. But when a missing woman is found in one still breathing, the discovery sparks a massive manhunt across the city of Boston in search of a man that calls himself the Grave Digger.
The first victim was lucky. The others won’t be. One by one he knocks people off his list. A list that carries fifteen names on it. Names that are destined for things unimaginable. Things that are unspeakable. Things that lead to nothing but pain and anguish until all that’s left is the hole in the ground destined for them.
It’s up to Frank McKenzie to hunt the Grave Digger down and bury him in some good old fashioned justice.
But sometimes justice comes at a cost.
From bestselling crime author Luis Samways comes another rollercoaster thrill ride of a book. Fans of hard boiled pulp fiction will enjoy the antics of both the maverick Detective Frank McKenzie and his sidekick Santiago and the dastardly bad guys he faces. These books aren’t for the faint of heart!
Grave is the fourth full length book in the Frank McKenzie Mysteries series. (The Frank McKenzie books DO NOT need to be read in any particular order, although reading them in order will be favourable to fans of progressive storytelling)
Contains strong language, graphic violence and scenes some readers may find disturbing.
223 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 29, 2015
9 people want to read
About the author
Luis Samways
73 books21 followersBestselling author of 25 books in five different genres.
A thriller writer from England, writing since he was eight years old, Luis has released nearly twenty books in three years. His prolific writing is the result of too much caffeine and not enough friends!
Samways is known for writing violent thrillers with twisted plots and depraved baddies. But in real life he's a softy that enjoys watching films and playing video games. He has a wife that he loves very much. He tries to make her read his books, but she gave up after book number fifteen. Apparently "she has a life" and can't keep up with all his releases.
She promises to catch up on them soon, but he doubts it very much!
Samways has had number one bestsellers in the Murder Mystery charts, the Hard Boiled charts, the Thriller charts, the Police Procedural charts and the Alternative History charts. He's also been number one in the USA kindle charts, the UK kindle charts, Japan, Canada, Australia and Germany.
Luis has two cats, one of them behaves like a dog, whilst the other just smells like one.
He lives in England where he dreams of hot weather and beaches, but he'll settle for cows and grass.
A thriller writer from England, writing since he was eight years old, Luis has released nearly twenty books in three years. His prolific writing is the result of too much caffeine and not enough friends!
Samways is known for writing violent thrillers with twisted plots and depraved baddies. But in real life he's a softy that enjoys watching films and playing video games. He has a wife that he loves very much. He tries to make her read his books, but she gave up after book number fifteen. Apparently "she has a life" and can't keep up with all his releases.
She promises to catch up on them soon, but he doubts it very much!
Samways has had number one bestsellers in the Murder Mystery charts, the Hard Boiled charts, the Thriller charts, the Police Procedural charts and the Alternative History charts. He's also been number one in the USA kindle charts, the UK kindle charts, Japan, Canada, Australia and Germany.
Luis has two cats, one of them behaves like a dog, whilst the other just smells like one.
He lives in England where he dreams of hot weather and beaches, but he'll settle for cows and grass.
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June 2, 2016
Follow Detective Frank McKenzie of the Boston Police Department as he tries to catch a man calling himself the Grave Digger, who has a list of 15 people he plans to kill.
This crime thriller gets off to a really chilling start and the first paragraph is one of the best to start a novel that I have read in a long while. The story starts with his first victim and the plot builds with a steady pace. Unlike other crime thrillers that are centered around the Police, Luis gives you both sides of the tale. He develops fully the characters of the Grave Digger and Detective Frank McKenzie.
I really liked the balance of this novel, it was not just about the crime and it’s detection but also the daily life of the lead detective and the killer. Both central characters had a lot to say about life in general, how society functions and the frustrations of the day job.
I found Grave to be a very entertaining book to read and I loved the sheer attitude coming forward from every character. This is book 4 in the Frank McKenzie series but you do NOT have to read them in sequence. Luis tells such a good tale, it stands on it’s own. His plot is unique and I loved the way it developed. Generally the bad guy just does his crime but in Grave his motivation is fully explored. Luis took a risk giving the Grave Digger’s point of view such prominence but it added so much more to this story.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Grave and I think that Luis Samways is an author to watch. His writing style is very similar to that of Chris Simms with the DI Jon Spicer novels. Where Chris writes about Manchester in the UK, where I have been to many times - Luis writes about Boston in America where I have never been. Yet Luis writes such a descriptive, entertaining and comfortable tale that I feel as though I could have been sitting in the back of Frank’s Ford Capri. To make a British reader who has never been to America feel at home takes talent and Luis has it by the bucket load. Well done Luis and although your novel has not yet had any reviews posted on the Goodreads website, I will vote Grave the top score of 5 stars from me.
This crime thriller gets off to a really chilling start and the first paragraph is one of the best to start a novel that I have read in a long while. The story starts with his first victim and the plot builds with a steady pace. Unlike other crime thrillers that are centered around the Police, Luis gives you both sides of the tale. He develops fully the characters of the Grave Digger and Detective Frank McKenzie.
I really liked the balance of this novel, it was not just about the crime and it’s detection but also the daily life of the lead detective and the killer. Both central characters had a lot to say about life in general, how society functions and the frustrations of the day job.
I found Grave to be a very entertaining book to read and I loved the sheer attitude coming forward from every character. This is book 4 in the Frank McKenzie series but you do NOT have to read them in sequence. Luis tells such a good tale, it stands on it’s own. His plot is unique and I loved the way it developed. Generally the bad guy just does his crime but in Grave his motivation is fully explored. Luis took a risk giving the Grave Digger’s point of view such prominence but it added so much more to this story.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Grave and I think that Luis Samways is an author to watch. His writing style is very similar to that of Chris Simms with the DI Jon Spicer novels. Where Chris writes about Manchester in the UK, where I have been to many times - Luis writes about Boston in America where I have never been. Yet Luis writes such a descriptive, entertaining and comfortable tale that I feel as though I could have been sitting in the back of Frank’s Ford Capri. To make a British reader who has never been to America feel at home takes talent and Luis has it by the bucket load. Well done Luis and although your novel has not yet had any reviews posted on the Goodreads website, I will vote Grave the top score of 5 stars from me.
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