Toxic Rage Best-selling author D E Funk’s third book in the Rage series. The prey has become the predator. “This is her best one yet.” K This psychological thriller will have you turning pages to see what happens! Dani escaped a serial killer, but the experience changed her. She refuses to be a victim again or let anyone she knows suffer at the hands of evil. But beware, she serves up a tasty revenge. Dani Svenson was abducted and chained inside a cabin deep in the woods. She managed to escape with the help of a potent secret she dished up to her captor and now he’s the one behind bars. Dani may be free but she’s living a lie. She takes matters into her own hands when she learns about other girls who are mistreated and abused. She gets the ultimate revenge for them. Those men pay with their lives. Her secret is discovered by the one man who would pay to see Russell dead and gone once and for all. But the killer knows something sordid about the officer’s past. Something that needs to stay buried. The two plot a way to keep Dani free and Russell dead. Will they succeed or will one of them pay the ultimate price?
Funk started her career in education with middle schoolers, moved to high school, and ended up in college. She now teaches history and criminal justice at a local community college. Coming from a long line of ancestors who love all things pertaining to reading, writing, and learning, it was only natural for her to tackle the task of completing a novel. As an avid reader who especially enjoys the history of crime, she weaves interesting facts among her characters and locations. Mental health issues can be part of the psyche of a serial killer. In Silent Rage Russell’s character is developed by the difficulties he encountered in his troubled youth. We all wonder why someone chooses to do evil. Were they born that way or made that way by the environment surrounding them? Perhaps it is a combination of the two. However, just because things are tough at home doesn’t mean that person is doomed to a life of crime. Many of the youth of today are not taught how to handle the pressures handed to them by society. Silent Rage tackles the nature vs nurture question. While DE Funk enjoys writing and takes inspiration from the immortal words of Winston Churchill and “never gives-up,” she hopes to entertain with her books and inspire readers to consider helping a troubled kid. Her debut novel, Silent Rage, was awarded Best Suspense at the 2019 Killer Nashville International Writer’s Conference.
Book 3 of the series was just as good if not better than the first two The storyline was interesting for sure and all of the characters were even more interesting. Put this series by D E Funk on your MUST read list