The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter: A chilling new page-turner for fans of dark thrillers
The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter: A chilling new page-turner for fans of dark thrillers book cover

The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter: A chilling new page-turner for fans of dark thrillers

Paperback – January 27, 2020

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Price
$12.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
259
Publisher
Independently published
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1654164461
Dimensions
6 x 0.65 x 9 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

Description

"It's unpredictable, twisting horror that will chill you to the core. Ifyou want something addictive and dark to read, this is the book foryou." ~5-star Review, Reader's Favorite"This book blew my mind. Incredible story from a very gifted writer..." ~Netgalley Reviewer"A dark, intense story about how strong family ties are..." ~Netgalley Reviewer"This book was really creepy !" ~Netgalley Reviewer" Detwiler's prose sings , and the Diary grabs hold and doesn't let go." ~Netgalley Reviewer

Features & Highlights

  • From USA Today Bestseller L.A. Detwiler comes a disturbing domestic thriller and winner of the Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal for Psychological Thriller
  • There’s something very wrong with Daddy…”
  • Ruby Marlowe’s mother died when she was two, and her single father has ensured she has everything she needs. However, everyone has dark secrets, and Ruby’s father is no exception…When she’s young, she doesn’t understand the weight of her father’s killing game. After she begins to investigate her mother’s life and death, however, Ruby starts to believe there are some secrets even she doesn’t know about the serial killer she calls Daddy. As her father’s killing grows rampant, the secrets get harder and harder to hide—and she fears it will all come crashing down.
  • Will Ruby seek a different life for herself and betray the only person who has ever loved her, or will she get wrapped up in his sinister path?
  • A twisted page-turner that shines an eerie light on the father-daughter bond from the USA Today and International Bestseller L.A. Detwiler.

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
30%
(265)
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(132)
★★
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Most Helpful Reviews

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Boring

The subject matter alone should have made this interesting. Too drawn out.
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Promising plot but author could not write to save her life

Plot is not bad but completely ruined by lame characters, not believable nor relatable. Author did not make the most use of descriptors, making you scratch your head. How did this happen? Why did she say that. Why did he do this? Author tried to hard to be edgy and failed at it.

Also lots of misspellings.
A good gift to annoy friends.
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Serial killer daughter

Very good book kept reading it one day so good
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Meh

Not a fan. Totally my fault though.. I know it says diary, but I wasn’t expecting it to be a real diary book..
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Love it

Love love this book almost finished with it.
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Interesting read

What I liked is the interesting way the Author's mind works to write such a thing. Very well done. Just ordered more of her work.
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Interesting read

What I liked is the interesting way the Author's mind works to write such a thing. Very well done. Just ordered more of her work.
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Great Book

I read this book in 2 days, and it was wonderful, couldn't put it down
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Good book

I enjoyed reading the book. I wished some of it would have been told by someone else's view. I will probably be ordering another book by this author
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I enjoyed this book for it’s shock factor and the gruesome scenes

The Diary of a Serial Killer’s Daughter is written in the format of a diary written by a girl between the ages of 7 and 16, her father is an escalating serial killer that hides his true nature from everyone, including Ruby, his daughter.

Ruby is neurodivergent, though the specifics are never revealed, which makes the story even more interesting because we see everything through her eyes without any preconceived ideas about why she reacts the ways she does. She’s obsessive, doesn’t experience much empathy and struggles to build relationships with other people – we never know if that’s something she has in common with her father.

The book is very dark and not for the faint of heart, it contains a lot of graphic and gruesome imagery of murder and reads as a true crime novel from the perspective of an unreliable witness. I was expecting something YA as the protagonist is a child, but this most definitely isn’t for younger readers.

The story is a study on nature v. nurture, with a dash of mystery and a whole load of psychological suspense and horror. It was a bit blunt for my tastes and could have benefited from a more subtle approach to these things – leaving more for the reader to mull over at the end.

One of the main issues for me was that, as this book is written as Ruby’s diary, her dislike of everyone around her apart from her serial murderer daddy meant that none of the characters were likeable and her apathy was infectious in places.

I enjoyed this book for it’s shock factor and the gruesome scenes, as well as the diary format which is something I always get a kick out of!

Book Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog
*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed

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