Blood Related By William Cook.
Nov 27 2016
What a GREAT psychological thriller.Unfortunately, I feel like I need some brain disinfectant after swimming in the depraved brain of a multiple serial killer family. Mr. Cook did a phenomenal job with the genealogy of this badly damaged family and drawing the reader a believable chart of how the sins of the father does indeed actually affect the son's in some cases.How depravity,alcohol,mental illness, and abuse perpetuates itself. This book is brilliantly written with attention to detail.
To understand the Cunningham twins Caleb & Charlie, you must take a look at the father Errol and grandfather.The dysfunction within the family and how being exposed to atrocities at a young age imprints on the young mind and forms who we become just as much as genetics.
Errol Wieland Cunningham was born in 1953 to an abusive father who owned a Manufacturing plant in Portvale, his mother who eventually committed Suicide.Errol had many occupations in his time A Solder, for three years until he was discharged due to a mental breakdown. Landlord after his father left his a large Mansion like house, on Artaud Avenue, turned into a boarding house renting out rooms for a passive income,real estate investor,a mechanic, cabbie and construction specialist. He met his wife Vera in 1973 the mother of the boys and an alcoholic, shortly after he inherited the house.Yet even with his wealth 1 million dollars of assets, he chose to live in squalor.Errol had a difficult time adjusting to civilians life and was in and out of hospitals and mental institutions for attempted suicide.Years later Errol succeeded in 1997 he died just short of the twins 21st Birthday, after being under increasing police and media scrutiny as being the "Dockside Ripper" a serial killer. Five years after his death the killings re-started. The range of the killings were more spread out beyond just the local area.
Caleb & Charlie Cunningham, twin boys.POV is from Caleb, although he has a diabolical plan of his own he is forced into helping Charlie with his master plan. Charlie is deeply disturbed and has spent a good deal of his life in jail and mental institutions. Vera is still a drunk and living on the top floor of the Boardinghouse while Caleb lives in the basement and has a secret place he goes. Charlie also lives in the home when he is not incarcerated.
Though Caleb's grandfather and father were also serial killers, Caleb thinks of himself as an artist.Charlie also shares this sickness, he is more of the enforcer type.
The atmosphere of the Boarding house has not changed much over the years. It houses the depraved and forgotten people of society.The prostitutes and drug dealers.
Now meet Officer Ray Truman a good man and by the book detective. He was a young man and knew Errol was the Dockside Ripper even though he couldn't get the charges to stick. His strong suspicions and dislike of the Cunningham family long before he lost his family in a brutal way. He vows to take down Caleb if it is the last thing he does.
This is a must read book ,Mr. Williams is a masterful Author and has a diverse portfolio, if you haven't read any of his work ...treat yourself if you like dark twisted fiction and horror.
For some reason the boxes above are not clickable at this time, I would say is full of surprises, Dark ,Steady wand Complex.
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