Genre: Horror
Publisher: Samhain Publishing Horror
Publication Date: 12th April 2016
Pages: 115
REVIEWED BY CHAD
A copy of I Kill In
Peace was sent to Confessions of a Reviewer by the author, Hunter Shea, via
Hook of a Book Media and Publicity, in exchange for an honest review. This is
said review.
I
Kill In Peace, by Hunter Shea is a powerful book, one of
the more effective explorations I have seen of the twisted and deteriorating
sanity and perspective of a chilling character. I don’t say this very often but
this really was a book that I had a hard time putting down so I’m glad I was
able to read it fairly quickly. The narrative was that compelling, feeding my
need with each page to find out what was happening.
The premise of the book is that of a character being
driven to commit murder. After being let go from his job, Peter starts to
receive text messages from an anonymous source, instructing him on who he is to
kill, providing the weapon and the opportunity to do it. This starts simply
enough as revenge against the opportunistic boss who fires him and from there
it just gets more extreme.
One of the more effective parts of this book was how Shea
demonstrated exactly how Peter is driven to committing acts that most of us
would consider unconscionable. I’m not normally the biggest fan of the first
person but in this case I think that it is essential to trace his state of mind
and why he is doing the things he is doing. Ironically enough, even in the
midst of committing unforgivable crimes, you can’t help but feel just a little
bit sorry for him, like he was caught up in circumstances more than anything
else.
