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In My Father's Basement

A Serial Killer Novel

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In My Father's Basement

By: T.J. Payne
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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Just your average father-son story. But with abduction, torture, and murder.

Out of nowhere, a retired 60-year old handyman goes on a murder-spree, abducting healthy young people and torturing them with hand-tools.

After he's caught, a media fascination in The Handyman swells. People want to know why he snapped. They want to hear all the grisly details.

But he'll only tell his gruesome story to one person - his estranged son.

Full of dark twists and turns, In My Father's Basement will have you on the edge of your seat. It is a must-listen psychological thriller for anyone who is fascinated by serial killers.

©2018 TJ Payne (P)2019 TJ Payne Crime Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Murder Fiction Exciting Psychological Horror
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While the graphic violence was not my cup of tea, I could see how it defined the character by the end of the book. I will try another book by this author.

Interesting light on psychopathy

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This was very enjoyable for the first 3/4 of the book. I found the characters interesting and I was looking forward to seeing how it all turned out.

I thought there was an interesting backstory with Isaac’s mother that was going to turn into an awesome twist. I thought I could see several cool twists coming, but the author didn’t take the story in the direction I expected, which was disappointing. I feel like they played it safe, and the story suffered for it.

The ending was wishy-washy, without a satisfying resolution. I felt like I had such high expectations for the ending because most of the book was so good, but the conclusion just didn’t deliver the goods.

Overall it was a bit of a letdown. So good to start, so much potential, but the ending was meh, and I wish the author would’ve had the balls to take it to its logical conclusion. There was tons of foreshadowing with some aspects Isaacs character and then it really lead nowhere which was a missed opportunity in my opinion.

Amazing first part, weak ending...

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