Waiting On Wednesday was a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each Wednesday you got to highlight a book that you were really looking forward to. Unfortunately, the original creator is no longer able to host the meme and it has now linked up with Can’t Wait Wednesday over at Wishful Endings.
This week I’ve chosen:
The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell.
Six confined psychopaths. A killer on the loose.
1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics – the so-called ‘Devil’s Six’ – are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient has their own dark story to tell and Dr Viktor Kosárek, a young psychiatrist using revolutionary techniques, is tasked with unlocking their murderous secrets.
At the same time, a terrifying killer known as ‘Leather Apron’ is butchering victims across Prague. Successfully eluding capture, it would seem his depraved crimes are committed by the Devil himself.
Maybe they are… and what links him with the insane inmates of the Castle of the Eagles?
Only the Devil knows. And it is up to Viktor to find out.
Holy shit! Did you read that blurb?! Be still my beating darkened grim loving heart! This book sounds absolutely awesome!
The Devil Aspect is published by Constable and released on March 7th, 2019 (so, yeah, not long now). 🙂
About Craig Russell.
Craig Russell’s novels have been published in twenty-five languages, four have been made into major films in Germany, in one of which he has a cameo role as a detective. He has won the CWA Dagger in the Library and the McIlvanney Prize (for which he has been shortlisted another twice), and has previously been shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, and the SNCF Prix Polar in France. A former police officer, Craig Russell is the only non-German to have been awarded the Polizeistern – the Hamburg Police’s Police Star.
When not writing, Craig Russell paints, cooks and reads, but not simultaneously.
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It’s a fabulous read!
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Yikes, just the blurb got my heart rate up!
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That blurb sounds NAUGHTY!! Might have to grab that later in the year! 🔥
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“Leather Apron” oh my 😨
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Lol.😂
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Hmm, consider me cautiously intrigued. Definitely has potential, so long as it doesn’t devolve into some psycho killer Suicide Squad where they all band together to hunt down one of their own.
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Eurgh, I hadn’t thought of that! I hope not too!
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Think im the only one who didn’t love this book. Think i had very high expectations after the blurb and whilst a good read, I didn’t love it. Will be interested to see what you think.
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Ah, I’ve seen many glowing reviews for it and the blurb does make it sound fantastic. Glad to know you thought it was still good though even if it didn’t blow you away.👍📚
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The blurb alone makes me want to pick this up!! It was ‘Leather Apron’ that got me ❤
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Oh, this was so good! I don’t normally read historical stuff, but the whole devil thing made me curious and i’m so happy i gave this one a go.
Hope you’ll love it too 🙂
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This is one of my must reads of the year. Sounds really good.
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It really does.👍📚
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