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An excellent trilogy of thrillers (with a fourth on the way!)

The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1) by Dot Hutchison

Roses of May (The Collector #2) by Dot Hutchison

The Summer Children (The Collector #3) by Dot Hutchison

August 19, 2019 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

I used to read a lot of books like these. Jeffery Deaver was my jam for a really long time. Books with FBI agents and police officers catching serial killers who did really horrific things that I tried not to think about too hard. Then I had kids and I started paying attention to the news and books like this begin to stress me out. But for some reason, The Butterfly Garden ended up on my radar with an incredibly high rating on Goodreads and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, Dot Hutchison

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:123 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, Dot Hutchison ·
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Butterflies are free…except not so much.

October 21, 2016 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

  I feel like this sort of high concept story would have read better in a fantasy or sci fi setting. The dialogue and character interaction just didn’t work for me in the modern day U.S. It’s also very possible that someone who hasn’t read a metric ton of true crime and gritty realistic crime fiction might find this book more enjoyable. Personally, while the overall story was engaging and kept me interested until the end. The writing style came off almost as if a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #serialkiller, CBR8, Dot Hutchison, Fiction

Bea Pants's CBR8 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #serialkiller, CBR8, Dot Hutchison, Fiction ·
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This story is as original as I’ve ever read, and totally engrossing

May 16, 2016 by kfishgirl 2 Comments

This was a Kindle first for May, and most of the “firsts” are hit or miss. Some of them are fantastic, and I find a new author to follow. Some of them are terrible and I can’t wait to be done with them. Thankfully this book fell into the first category. I absolutely loved it. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book where I could call the story mostly original. The only unoriginal part of this story is that there’s a bad guy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: butterfly, Dot Hutchison, sex slave

kfishgirl's CBR8 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: butterfly, Dot Hutchison, sex slave ·
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