Duncan

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Pub Date 26 Feb 2019 | Archive Date 31 Mar 2019

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A cunning pederastic serial killer nicknamed “Santa” is making his way up the East Coast from New Orleans to Boston, leaving a trail of young bodies in his wake. Santa covers his tracks along the way by working as an itinerant bass player in a series of jazz combos. At the same time, the Driscoll family – Mark, Julie and their nine-year-old son Nate – who live in an upstate suburb of Syracuse, New York, struggle to come to grips with Mom’s quadriplegia following a horrific auto accident. The suspense builds to a fever pitch as these two plot strands approach each other for the inevitable confrontation. All this tension is heightened by the mystery of Duncan, Nate’s stuffed-toy gorilla, who is not only the boy’s beloved companion but becomes a kind of family totem, and, later on in the story, so much more.

This is a novel not only for readers addicted to thrill rides and maddening suspense, but also those who are curious about the abnormal psychology of the pedophiliac killer. The book gives food for thought as well as a kind of perverse satisfaction for the imagination and senses. It is a thinking reader’s thriller.

Duncan is available for purchase in print and ebook formats.


A cunning pederastic serial killer nicknamed “Santa” is making his way up the East Coast from New Orleans to Boston, leaving a trail of young bodies in his wake. Santa covers his tracks along the way...


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What a book!
I would not go so far as to describe this book a "thriller" and I probably would have given up reading halfway through it, if it were not for my need to know about the fate of Nate Driscoll. Although most parts of the book seemed stretchy and kept going on and on about random stuff that had no connection to the main plot, the ending more or less redeemed the book, in my opinion.
This book did give food for thought as it claims and and an insight into the mind of "Santa" a debolical predator!
I loved how Mr. McCort portrays the heart-warming relationship dynamics within the Driscoll family. Oh I did love Duncan too! Special mention also to the cover which was partly responsible for luring me into reading Duncan.
Thank you Netgalley, Dennis McCort & BookBuzz for an arc.

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A cunning pederastic serial killer nicknamed “Santa” is making his way up the East Coast from New Orleans to Boston, leaving a trail of young bodies in his wake. Santa covers his tracks along the way by working as an itinerant bass player in a series of jazz combos. At the same time, the Driscoll family – Mark, Julie and their nine-year-old son Nate – who live in an upstate suburb of Syracuse, New York, struggle to come to grips with Mom’s quadriplegia following a horrific auto accident. The suspense builds to a fever pitch as these two plot strands approach each other for the inevitable confrontation. All this tension is heightened by the mystery of Duncan, Nate’s stuffed-toy gorilla, who is not only the boy’s beloved companion but becomes a kind of family totem, and, later on in the story, so much more.

This is a novel not only for readers addicted to thrill rides and maddening suspense but also for those who are curious about the abnormal psychology of the pedophiliac killer. The book gives food for thought as well as a kind of perverse satisfaction for the imagination and senses. It is a thinking reader’s book.

WOW. I was amazed at Duncan. It was such a good read. Just had trouble with the Santa of course. Thanks to NetGalley for the copy for review.

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What goes through your mind during a power outage? For Claire Moore it is terrifying as 10 years previously she was almost killed by a serial killer. He became known as the Blackout Killer as he manages to cut the power to his victims homes.
Now although Claire has the support of her family, she is still very frightened and has made every provision to make her house secure.
She meets Paul and although he understands her fear and tries to give her as much emotional support as he can, Claire holds back still remembering that awful night when her husband was killed and she barely survived.
This thriller will not disappoint. I thought I had the ending all wrapped up, but then came a total surprise!

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