Review by Kanda_theGreat -- The Dark Web Murders
Posted: 08 Jun 2020, 05:33
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Dark Web Murders" by Brian O'Hare.]
Which are the worst murder scenes that you can imagine? What is the philosophy behind justice, vengeance and hatred? Who is morally justified to execute vengeance? The Dark Web Murders by Brian O'Hare follows the life of Edgar Doran, in what I'll describe as a thrilling and horrorsome account. This well-researched book allowed me to interact with detective Jim Sheehan as he tried to find the murderer, who always posted a detailed account of his executions on a blog published in the Dark Web.
The plot begins with the murder of Kevin Lanes, who has just been sentenced to prison for murder. His murder is then covered up by the prison warden as an accident because he wants to avoid questions from government agents and nosy reporters. Judge Neeson, an immoral and greedy man, is murdered under very unclear circumstances. Although judges may face threats on their lives because of the sentences they deliver in courts, Sheehan believes that whoever murdered Neeson must have been very bitter with him because of how he was executed. The murderer leaves a "monumental" clue as to who his next victim will be. This investigation endangers the lives of Sheehan, his wife and Stewart, his partner. Will Sheehan catch up with the murderer before he gets to his next victim? All the answers are in this great book.
Narrated from the third person point of view, O'Hare recreated the murder scenes using vivid descriptions. Notably , these descriptions aided Sheehan in forming a mental picture of the murderer's physique. Moreover, the descriptions are what earned the murderer a great number of followers. One such follower is so thrilled to an extent of asking him (the murderer), whether he hires out.
The other stylistic device that I find worth mentioning is flashback. Sheehan exploited this technique so as to buy more time for his colleagues to rescue him. He does this by revealing to the murderer how close he was to finding him. He tells him of all the clues that the supposedly "invisible murderer" left behind, which were clear enough to keep a detective in his (the murderer's) tracks.
O'Hare would not have achieved an optimum thrilling experience without the inclusion of dialogue. In fact, all the detectives' sessions, queries and conferments were presented in the form of dialogues. With this, they could share their thoughts and plan on their next course of actions. Moreover, dialogue advanced the plot of the book in as far as the detectives' investigations were concerned.
There is absolutely nothing that I did not like about this book. Infact, the author offered a chance for the reader to request for a free copy of his first book, The Doom Murders, which I gladly did because of the great experience that I had enjoyed with this book. I only found two grammatical errors that did not detract from the overall enjoyment of the book and I can conclude that it is professionally edited. It is only fair to award it four out of four stars. I recommend it to readers who would enjoy thrilling episodes of cold-blooded murders. However, readers sensitive to rape, paedophilia and perversion may be disappointed by these acts.
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The Dark Web Murders
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Which are the worst murder scenes that you can imagine? What is the philosophy behind justice, vengeance and hatred? Who is morally justified to execute vengeance? The Dark Web Murders by Brian O'Hare follows the life of Edgar Doran, in what I'll describe as a thrilling and horrorsome account. This well-researched book allowed me to interact with detective Jim Sheehan as he tried to find the murderer, who always posted a detailed account of his executions on a blog published in the Dark Web.
The plot begins with the murder of Kevin Lanes, who has just been sentenced to prison for murder. His murder is then covered up by the prison warden as an accident because he wants to avoid questions from government agents and nosy reporters. Judge Neeson, an immoral and greedy man, is murdered under very unclear circumstances. Although judges may face threats on their lives because of the sentences they deliver in courts, Sheehan believes that whoever murdered Neeson must have been very bitter with him because of how he was executed. The murderer leaves a "monumental" clue as to who his next victim will be. This investigation endangers the lives of Sheehan, his wife and Stewart, his partner. Will Sheehan catch up with the murderer before he gets to his next victim? All the answers are in this great book.
Narrated from the third person point of view, O'Hare recreated the murder scenes using vivid descriptions. Notably , these descriptions aided Sheehan in forming a mental picture of the murderer's physique. Moreover, the descriptions are what earned the murderer a great number of followers. One such follower is so thrilled to an extent of asking him (the murderer), whether he hires out.
The other stylistic device that I find worth mentioning is flashback. Sheehan exploited this technique so as to buy more time for his colleagues to rescue him. He does this by revealing to the murderer how close he was to finding him. He tells him of all the clues that the supposedly "invisible murderer" left behind, which were clear enough to keep a detective in his (the murderer's) tracks.
O'Hare would not have achieved an optimum thrilling experience without the inclusion of dialogue. In fact, all the detectives' sessions, queries and conferments were presented in the form of dialogues. With this, they could share their thoughts and plan on their next course of actions. Moreover, dialogue advanced the plot of the book in as far as the detectives' investigations were concerned.
There is absolutely nothing that I did not like about this book. Infact, the author offered a chance for the reader to request for a free copy of his first book, The Doom Murders, which I gladly did because of the great experience that I had enjoyed with this book. I only found two grammatical errors that did not detract from the overall enjoyment of the book and I can conclude that it is professionally edited. It is only fair to award it four out of four stars. I recommend it to readers who would enjoy thrilling episodes of cold-blooded murders. However, readers sensitive to rape, paedophilia and perversion may be disappointed by these acts.
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The Dark Web Murders
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
