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The Knight Chronicles #3
Killing Miss Underwood
On the run with a newborn son, serial killer Samuel H. Knight — now using the name Matt Cooper — has mellowed out. He just doesn’t have time for murder when he’s busy changing diapers and filling bottles. All that changes, though, when a bounty hunter named Allison Underwood knocks on his door. Not only is she F.B.I. Agent Kathleen Underwood’s little sister, but she wants Knight’s help in murdering a dangerous cult leader named Aaron Castor.
The catch? Castor is claiming to be the serial killer Samuel H. Knight, and his cult is filled with hundreds of women who call themselves Jessie Coopers — and who willingly wait in line for Castor to murder them so that they can ride his coattails to heaven.
Book #3 of the startling serial killer diary series brings out a more thoughtful and calm version of its dangerous antihero — calm, yet always on the brink, both fearing and anticipating what might push him back to his old ways once more.
The catch? Castor is claiming to be the serial killer Samuel H. Knight, and his cult is filled with hundreds of women who call themselves Jessie Coopers — and who willingly wait in line for Castor to murder them so that they can ride his coattails to heaven.
Book #3 of the startling serial killer diary series brings out a more thoughtful and calm version of its dangerous antihero — calm, yet always on the brink, both fearing and anticipating what might push him back to his old ways once more.
- GenresCrime
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 4, 2015
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About the author
John Cassian
7 books95 followersJohn Cassian is an author of horror/thrillers centered around a serial killer who goes by many names. He has also contributed a short story to a horror anthology series called "Prey." Cassian is not nearly as disturbing in real life as his characters -- or so he would like you to believe....
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October 19, 2015
**** 4 I Will Be Your Jessie Cooper Stars ****
Book 3 of The Knight Chronicles started off really good, then slowed way down with too much repetition of information then
the author brings the MC back better than ever!!
The majority of the book is the build up of Matt/Sam having to watch a copycat portraying himself. He can not stand what he sees and finds it all disgusting.
With the help of Allison, his lost love's sister, they set plans in place to take down the cult of Jessie Coopers and pure love's kiss.
I loved the cult story line but it was weaved with too much of the previous 2 books information and I got bored and had to skim a few parts for a while.
I have to say that ending is the reason for the 4 stars....LOVED EVERY WORD OF IT. The ending had me on the edge of my overstuffed chair and I was smiling big when my killing man finally reappeared!!
After watching Sam is literally brought back to life with a vengeance. It was freaking awesome watching Sam go back into the darkness, finding where he belongs.
"I just needed to be me. I needed to be the darkness. The monster. The bad seed - that which was mine alone."
Just so happens, this conclusion leaves it open for Mr Cassian to bring back Mr Sam Knight or whomever he pretends to be for future killings. Nice move John Cassian...nice move!!
Book 3 of The Knight Chronicles started off really good, then slowed way down with too much repetition of information then
the author brings the MC back better than ever!!The majority of the book is the build up of Matt/Sam having to watch a copycat portraying himself. He can not stand what he sees and finds it all disgusting.
With the help of Allison, his lost love's sister, they set plans in place to take down the cult of Jessie Coopers and pure love's kiss.
I loved the cult story line but it was weaved with too much of the previous 2 books information and I got bored and had to skim a few parts for a while.
I have to say that ending is the reason for the 4 stars....LOVED EVERY WORD OF IT. The ending had me on the edge of my overstuffed chair and I was smiling big when my killing man finally reappeared!!
After watching Sam is literally brought back to life with a vengeance. It was freaking awesome watching Sam go back into the darkness, finding where he belongs.
"I just needed to be me. I needed to be the darkness. The monster. The bad seed - that which was mine alone."
Just so happens, this conclusion leaves it open for Mr Cassian to bring back Mr Sam Knight or whomever he pretends to be for future killings. Nice move John Cassian...nice move!!
June 28, 2017
This was a short quick dark read that I read and didn't pay attention that it was book 3 in this series. Samuel H. Knight is a serial killer who is on the run with his newborn son he is using the name Matt Cooper. Allison Underwood wants him to kill cult leader Aaron Castor. Aaron is claiming to be serial killer Samuel H. Knight he has hundreds of woman who are waiting for him to kill them. This book was more on the horror side and a little too much for me at times that I skipped some of the pages. This book was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling. I am not sure if I am going to go back and read the first two books although I do want to know what happened before this book.
November 2, 2015
The entire trilogy is disturbing on so many levels. If you're thinking of reading "The Knight Chronicles", let me just say that the level of violence is off-the-charts on this one. We're talking violence against women that will disturb some. This is definitely not for the faint of heart.
I had to re-read the first two novels, "Killing Matt Cooper" and "Killing Sam Knight" before getting my hands on the third and final novel, "Killing Miss Underwood" as I honestly couldn't remember what I'd read. I'm glad I did as it all started coming back to me, which in turn made reading the final chapter easier.
"I shuddered suddenly. I knew exactly what happened every time I felt a full heart, every time I felt calm, every time I felt good, every time I loved openly and freely: I fucked it up, and I caused my own downfall."
The one thing I did find a little disappointing was how it ended. I wasn't expecting it to end like that, but it did end the way Samuel expected.
"The old me was dead and gone. For the past year, plus my time with Kathleen, I had been in denial, in hiding. But all that denial had caused me was pain. It had made me weak, because my strength was always in solitude; in unilateral decision-making without a thought to others. And it was to that which I now returned; to my darkness. Alone and powerful, I didn’t need anyone in the world. I didn’t want anyone in the world. I just needed to be me. I needed to be the darkness. The monster."
The protagonist is Sam Knight and my feelings for him were all over the place. I hated him one minute, liked him the next, felt sorry for him, hated him, back and forth throughout. Kudos to the author for creating such a character so fascinating and so intriguing, a person that left me bewildered, never knowing what he was going to do next.
In the end, a sick, twisted and disturbing read. A most enjoyable and well-developed sick, twisted and disturbing read. Am I going to recommend reading "The Knight Chronicles?" I'm sorry, I can't because of the level of violence. This is one of those series where the decision is yours, and yours alone.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 26, 2018
No!!!!!!
This book takes it to the next level! It’s like a bad car accident you can’t look away from. I kept hoping the end would be all part of a dream and he would wake up and get a redo. I don’t want to leave spoilers but I really hated part of that last chapter. I don’t see links for the next book, so I am not sure if this is the end of our serial killers’ story, but I suppose I will go look next to be sure. Maybe the author has something else for me to feed my reading addiction. His writing is absolutely genius!!
This book takes it to the next level! It’s like a bad car accident you can’t look away from. I kept hoping the end would be all part of a dream and he would wake up and get a redo. I don’t want to leave spoilers but I really hated part of that last chapter. I don’t see links for the next book, so I am not sure if this is the end of our serial killers’ story, but I suppose I will go look next to be sure. Maybe the author has something else for me to feed my reading addiction. His writing is absolutely genius!!
May 16, 2016
The third and perhaps last in the Samual Knight trilogy. With notes and asides back to the earlier stories this is a series you really should read in order.
It is another very adult book and will cause offence to some; not by intention or through gratuitous violence and sexual scenes but simply because the first person narrative is by a psychopath, a murdrer and a rapist.
The author explores motive, identity and what makes us the people we are; in a sense our protagonist has become a different person since becoming a Father. He remains on the run; worries for the future of his son and whether is influence will have a negative effect on him, nature or nurture.
Above all he needs money and so when his Son's aunt approaches him for help in her capacity as a bounty killer to infiltrate and kill a cult leader of a group set up to continue the death and destruction caused by Samual Knight he is doubly motivated to work to destroy this cult.
In working for this noble end he has many thoughts of his former life and how he become the person he is or was. He wonders if he is the normal one as much of life seems less well defined.
How can he resolve all these issues when he lives for his son; if he should be killed in the process can he trust Alison Underwood, Jesse's aunt to care for the baby, indeed wouldn't he be better growing up with her.
All crime fiction thrillers are extreme and larger than life in many respects these books go further but are just as centred on a character driven story however beyond are own life experience.
Like a tin of Ronseal, the author clearly states "This is a work of fiction meant for mature audiences only." I would worry if this was the only reading you did but it deserves a place in Dark Fiction.
It is another very adult book and will cause offence to some; not by intention or through gratuitous violence and sexual scenes but simply because the first person narrative is by a psychopath, a murdrer and a rapist.
The author explores motive, identity and what makes us the people we are; in a sense our protagonist has become a different person since becoming a Father. He remains on the run; worries for the future of his son and whether is influence will have a negative effect on him, nature or nurture.
Above all he needs money and so when his Son's aunt approaches him for help in her capacity as a bounty killer to infiltrate and kill a cult leader of a group set up to continue the death and destruction caused by Samual Knight he is doubly motivated to work to destroy this cult.
In working for this noble end he has many thoughts of his former life and how he become the person he is or was. He wonders if he is the normal one as much of life seems less well defined.
How can he resolve all these issues when he lives for his son; if he should be killed in the process can he trust Alison Underwood, Jesse's aunt to care for the baby, indeed wouldn't he be better growing up with her.
All crime fiction thrillers are extreme and larger than life in many respects these books go further but are just as centred on a character driven story however beyond are own life experience.
Like a tin of Ronseal, the author clearly states "This is a work of fiction meant for mature audiences only." I would worry if this was the only reading you did but it deserves a place in Dark Fiction.
December 22, 2019
HOLY DARKNESS!!! This is book #3 in the Knight Chronicles. If you like dark and twisted, you will LOVE this series and book three will blow you away. Please don’t continue if you haven’t read books #1 and #2.
Just when you think “Matt” has found an alternative to his killing spree, he gets sucked back into the dark world. Someone has stolen his serial killer identity, Samuel Knight, and started a cult. “I’ll be your Jessie Cooper if you’ll be my Samuel Knight.”
5 dark, twisted, fabulous stars!!!
Just when you think “Matt” has found an alternative to his killing spree, he gets sucked back into the dark world. Someone has stolen his serial killer identity, Samuel Knight, and started a cult. “I’ll be your Jessie Cooper if you’ll be my Samuel Knight.”
5 dark, twisted, fabulous stars!!!
July 20, 2015
3*1/2 stars DARK EROTIC THRILLER
I’VE READ ALL OF THIS SERIES AND THE OUTCOME OF THIS ONE REALLY SURPRISED ME, I DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING. I LIKE QUIRKY & DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORY LINES BUT THIS ONE REALLY THREW ME OFF. I THINK TO GET THE FULL IMPACT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THREE BOOKS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE EVOLUTION OF MATT/JOHN/SAM/MAURICE. A VERY DARK AND DISTURBING STORY LINE WHICH CAN BRING OUT STRANGE FEELINGS IN THE READER. YOU WANT TO STOP READING BUT YOU CAN’T SEEM TO, FEELING FOR A CHARACTER THAT YOU SHOULDN’T (so many mixed emotions). HE HAS COME FULL CIRCLE; I’M LEFT WONDERNG WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE SINCE HIS METAMORHOSIS SEEMS TO BE COMPLETE?? ;|
I’VE READ ALL OF THIS SERIES AND THE OUTCOME OF THIS ONE REALLY SURPRISED ME, I DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING. I LIKE QUIRKY & DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORY LINES BUT THIS ONE REALLY THREW ME OFF. I THINK TO GET THE FULL IMPACT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THREE BOOKS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE EVOLUTION OF MATT/JOHN/SAM/MAURICE. A VERY DARK AND DISTURBING STORY LINE WHICH CAN BRING OUT STRANGE FEELINGS IN THE READER. YOU WANT TO STOP READING BUT YOU CAN’T SEEM TO, FEELING FOR A CHARACTER THAT YOU SHOULDN’T (so many mixed emotions). HE HAS COME FULL CIRCLE; I’M LEFT WONDERNG WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE SINCE HIS METAMORHOSIS SEEMS TO BE COMPLETE?? ;|
July 19, 2015
Another interesting book in the Knight Chronicles from John Cassian. Our serial killer, now calling himself Matt Cooper, is back on form and has joined forces with bounty hunter Allison Underwood to capture cult leader Aaron Castor. Not a read for the squeamish or easily shocked, but if you're OK with that then this is an entertaining read.
August 9, 2015
I thoroughly enjoyed Killing Miss Underwood, the third book in John Cassian's serial killer series. I couldn't put it down until I finished. I'd highly recommend reading this if you enjoy dark stories, but do yourself a favor and read them in order.
June 14, 2016
Samuel knight is back in the third book, now going under the name Matt Cooper. Things are a bit different in this book and readers can follow along as Sam or Matt is going to find things a bit different in his new life as father and as a hunted man.
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