Name: The Killing Room
ISBN: 9780786017997

John Manning

When she is hired by Howard Young to investigate a string of grisly family deaths, PI and ex-FBI agent Carolyn Cartwright journeys to the Young mansion in Maine where she, in order to stop the murders, must enter the room no one has ever left alive and make herself the next target. Original.

The Killing Room

Once You Enter Old houses have their secrets. The Young residence--a beautiful Maine mansion overlooking the Atlantic--is no exception. But the secrets here are different. They can kill. . . The Only Way Out Carolyn Cartwright, private detective and ex-FBI agent, has been hired by Howard Young to investigate a string of gruesome family deaths. The crimes are horrific, brutal, and senseless. And the time has come for the killing to begin again. . . Is To Die One by one, members of the Young family are chosen to die. Old and young, weak and strong, no one is safe from a killer with a limitless thirst for revenge. And the only way for Carolyn to uncover the shocking truth is to enter the room no one has ever left alive--and make herself the next target. . . Praise for John Manning's debut All the Pretty Girls Are Dead "Brilliantly executed. . .this one is not to be missed!" --Kevin O'Brien, New York Times bestselling author "If you like Dean Koontz, you'll love John Manning!" --Wendy Corsi Staub, New York Times bestselling author

Rowan Myers

** spoiler alert **
           It was an okay premise, but at the same time, incredibly predictable. It was also let down by a forced romantic encounter and random zombie at the end. (Seriously, why did the boyfriend randomly show back up? It was as if they had to justify the character development done earlier by making him a bad guy at the end.)

Nice try, but no cigar.