
Title: The Angel Maker
Author: Alex North
Genre: thriller
Thank you, NetGalley, for this book.
I’ve read and enjoyed The Whisper Man and The Shadows. Both were really well-written and kept me hooked. However, this book fell flat. I felt like it tried to do too much all within one plot. If North had pared down the story and focused more deeply on the major plot, I think that would have helped this book.
As a teen, Katie tries to protect her brother, Chris, but he is attacked and scarred and his life changes forever. As adults, he has struggled while Katie has been successful with a family. Chris goes missing and Katie has to try to find him. There are several alternate plots involving a serial killer who died decades ago, a mysterious book, the man who attacked Chris, and a missing 7-month-old baby. Whew.
Even though this one didn’t work for me, I’m still going to keep reading Alex North’s books because I did enjoy his others so much.