Sons of a Brutality
by Daniel Jeudy
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Pub Date Aug 15 2021 | Archive Date Jan 06 2022
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Description
A SATANIC SNUFF CLUB
A RUTHLESS VIGILANTE
AN INTRICATE WEB OF DECEPTION
WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
Los Angeles is a city under siege.
When Detective Addison Mowbray begins investigating the murders of two young women in the Hollywood Hills, he can't imagine where the case will lead. He suspects the crimes were inspired by an occult fascination, due to some missing body parts and the inverted Christian cross branded on the victims' breasts. But apart from Addison's temperamental partner, Jed, the only other person keen on them pursuing that line of investigation is Lilly Coniglio, a medical examiner from the Coroner's Department. The LAPD is already under immense public pressure due to all the bad press another killer – a vigilante – has brought to their door: it's been over a year since the first organized-crime figure showed up full of holes, with a plastic police badge beside his body.
As Addison and Jed navigate a murky, disturbing occult landscape in search of answers, they uncover something even more terrifying than a killer hiding in the shadows: an organization so vile and powerful that it changes their lives forever. These two troubled detectives are all that stand between this organization and a spectacular season of carnage.
Set against a backdrop of urban bleakness and social inequality, 'Sons of Brutality' combines deeply flawed protagonists with human monsters, integrating strong dialogue, violent action and gripping suspense.
Advance Praise
Review of Sons of Brutality by the editorial team at SPR - Self Publishing Review in America.
"An intensely suspenseful thriller centering around the investigation of the brutal murder of two young women by a serial killer, Sons of Brutality is decidedly dark but gripping. Plumbing the seamy depths, the novel goes underground to find snuff clubs, drug-addled Satanists, occult murder, and the mob. A strong central detective is key to the genre, and Jeudy brilliantly sketches veteran detective Addison Mowbray, who believes in liquor and loyalty above all else. If you like your thrillers with a true sense of dark realism, Sons of Brutality is an expertly written and page-turning thriller that has all the makings of a classic." Self-Publishing Review
Review of Sons of Brutality by Michael McConnell, fiction editor, Penguin Random House.
“S.O.B. grips the reader from the opening sentences and doesn’t let go. Full of expertly drawn and fascinatingly flawed characters, this is a detective novel that is respectful of the genre, but doesn’t shy away from elements of horror, the insane, and the totally depraved.”
‘Gripping read … a new contender for the crime/horror genre.’ -- Leigh Blackmore, author and compiling editor of numerous works of horror and the occult, including Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror
‘This is a powerful and exciting novel with a clearly defined target readership.' --Sean Doyle, Lynk Manuscript Agency, Australia
