Thirteen: The serial killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury (Eddie Flynn Series)

Product Information

Wagmeister, Elizabeth (October 29, 2015). "Netflix Adapting '13 Reasons Why' Into Selena Gomez Series (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved June 14, 2018.

MY THOUGHTS: Oh boy! I have never been a fan of the legal thriller, but Th1rt3en?.....this may have just converted me. Joshua Kane, a serial killer with a unique ability, plots his way onto the Hollywood murder jury. He has a vested interest in the outcome of the case.

This is the fourth book in the Eddie Flynn series, but the first for me. It can definitely be read as standalone. With that being said, I want to know more about Eddie and plan on reading the earlier books in the series to fill in some gaps. In the interest of making 2022 “The Year that Regina Reads What She Wants to Read When She Feels Like Reading It,” I decided I wasn’t going to force myself to get through the beginning of the series first. You can look at me as your dive-right-in guinea pig, if you will. Thirteen is a fast-paced thriller with many twists and turns. The narrative is split between Eddie and the killers POVs, each advancing the story in their own way. Though presented as a courtroom drama, at the heart, it is still a psychological thriller. Just when you think you have figured it all out, you encounter another twist that keeps you on the edge. The writer has done well to keep the narrative tight and not letting it get confusing. The narrative occasionally reaches for a more nuanced understanding of genetics. The Variant Thirteens are brutally raised and trained to be killers, so there is some nurture in there too. And there are hints of free will: some thirteens are capable of love, start secret families, make long-term intelligent plans. Perhaps they're not all monsters? But the way the characters talk about it is so clunky.

I very much believe that this book is a top contender for book of the year 2018. A subtle underlying tone of a tale of the American dream, combined with the very cold matter of a fate worse than death. The book included clever court room politics, and a spine tingling point of view from the perpetrator. Alongside classic, thought provoking and original story telling. As a crime fiction lover, I am more than pleasantly pleased that Steve Cavanagh has more novels out there, and that I will get to meet Eddie Flynn again.

Need Help?

I love Steve Cavanagh’s writing style with its fast pace and twists and turns to keep you engrossed. An author who puts the thrill into thrillers. The murder trial of the century is here. A ruthless prosecuted. A brilliant defense lawyer. A defendant with a secret, and a serial killer on the jury. a b c Thorsen, Leah. "Festus High doesn't shy away from controversial book". STLtoday.com . Retrieved 2020-12-09.

Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award". IMC/Library. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017 . Retrieved 22 August 2017. YALSA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2008". Young Adult Library Services Association. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017 . Retrieved 22 August 2017. There is plenty of action, and lots of twists and turns. I had a zillion questions bouncing around in my brain as I read...who? how? why? what? how? how? how? And they were all answered.Richard K. Morgan has again established himself as one of my very mostest all time favorite authors. As a reader, I've often gone through endless numbers of book descriptions online, or browsed the shelves at bookstores, and felt like nobody is writing a book just for me. Sure, there's more 'good' or even 'great' books out there that I'd enjoy than I'll ever have time to read. But even when I'm reading a great book that I can really get into, I still have a nagging reservation, a slight cognitive disconnect between myself and the characters in the book: "What kind of idiot are they? Why didn't they do it the other way? This guy is a hopeless fool. They're are much easier ways to accomplish that goal."