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The Muse

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
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The inspiration for evil may hold the key to murder in this edge-of-your-seat story from Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Jeffery Deaver.

Life appears to imitate art when a series of sadistic murders grips the city. Investigating the carefully orchestrated killings, Detective Gene Tripp and his partner discover that the perp might have been inspired by the best-selling novels and stories of popular thriller author Brody Pierce. Or has the demon of writer’s block driven Brody himself to step over the line between fiction and reality and exploit the dark side of his imagination?

As the detectives race to uncover the truth before more people die, they learn that perhaps yet another boundary has been crossed:

That between real life and the supernatural.

©2023 Gunner Publications, LLC (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC. Supernatural Thriller & Suspense
About the Creator - Jeffery Deaver

About the Creator

Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author. His books are sold in 150 countries and have been translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America, and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark, and Walter Mosley.
The author of 43 novels, three collections of short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller, The Broken Window, and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. The Garden of Beasts won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by the MWA.
Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy
Deaver's most recent works are Hunting Time, a Colter Shaw novel, and The Broken Doll, a four-story collection from Amazon Original Stories. His Shaw novel, The Never Game, will be a CBS Prime-time series later this year.
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Interesting twist of engagement, connections and theories. I enjoy following the case of the mystery incidents and what really caused them. This book was a good light reader.

The Muse

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interesting ideas scattered throughout. would've been better if the story was fleshed out more. Interesting character introduced to late that could've offered so much to the book. filled a gap waiting for the next credit to drop

potential

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would have liked it to be longer but I can why it's not. very entertaining 2 hours

very imaginative/horrific deaths

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But my goodness, did it take a ridiculous and scoff-worthy turn! Disappointed in the author and that I wasted my time and money.

It started out so well...

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liked the book wish the ending didn't include "magic" and was rather cantered around a sociopath or psychopath would make more sense but rest of the book was generally ok

slight spoiler

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