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"A teenager's ability to see the future proves to be a curse when his warnings are ignored in Parent's heartrending thriller set in Fall River, Mass. Loving foster parents raise Michael Turcotte after he witnessed his parents' murder-suicide at age three. In ninth grade, Michael is bullied by Glenn Rodrigues, who also picks on a friend of Michael's, Jimmy Rafferty. When Michael has a vision of Jimmy confronting Glenn with a gun and shooting the kid dead in the school hallway, Michael's closest adult friend, police detective Samantha "Sam" Reilly, who met him the night he became an orphan, tells Michael it was only a dream. Tragically, despite Michael's efforts to stop Jimmy, he guns down his tormentor just as Michael foresaw. Sam switches from skeptic to believer and even uses Michael to assist in a missing-persons case. Parent maintains suspense throughout and throws in more than a few surprises along the way to a satisfying resolution." ~ Publishers Weekly
Fate in plain sight.
Major Crimes Detective Samantha Reilly prefers to work alone—she’s seen as a maverick, and she still struggles privately with the death of her partner. The only person who ever sees her softer side is Michael Turcotte, a teenager she’s known since she rescued him eleven years ago from the aftermath of his parents’ murder-suicide.
In foster care since his parents’ death, Michael is a loner who tries to fly under the bullies’ radar, but a violent assault triggers a disturbing ability to view people’s dark futures. No one believes his first vision means anything, though—not even Sam Reilly. When reality mimics his prediction, however, Sam isn’t the only one to take notice. A strange girl named Tessa Masterson asks Michael about her future, and what he sees sends him back to Sam—is Tessa victim or perpetrator?
Tessa’s tangled secrets draw Michael and Sam inexorably into a deadly conflict. Sam relies on Michael, but his only advantage is the visions he never asked for. As they track a cold and calculating killer, one misstep could turn the hunters into prey.
- Sales Rank: #375894 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-08-04
- Released on: 2015-08-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
"...one of the best suspense thrillers I have read in a very long time. In lesser hands it would have been a decent read but the author's skill in setting the scene, character development, and story telling makes this a far superior novel." - Book Nutter's Book Reviews
"... Parent writes in such a fluid, mesmerizing and realistic way that I found I couldn't stop!" - My So-Called Book Reviews
"Wow! That was just brilliant! Every single chapter straight from the very beginning had me gripped." - Andrew Lennon, author of Keith and A Life to Waste
"Jason Parent tortures us right alongside his characters. The world building is excellent and very real." - I'm a Voracious Reader
"Seeing Evil has some very special moments and is a very fast read. There's no denying Parent has talent." Glenn Rolfe, author of Blood and Rain and Boom Town
"Superbly fast paced from beginning to end meaning you will not want to put it down... Brilliant characters that gel together perfectly. A bloody good book." - Confessions of a Reviewer
"This is one seriously entertaining, thought provoking read." - Adam Light, author of Taken and Toes Up
"The entire story was strong, driven, and merciless in all regard from beginning to end. Even when you think you know where it's going, there's yet another--logical--twist." Horror After Dark
"Seeing Evil is a perfectly-paced book, with intriguing characters and white-knuckle, edge of your seat tension... Parent's writing here is top notch - sleek, efficient and with surprising emotional depth." - Evans Light, author of Screamscapes and Harmlessly Insane
About the Author
In his head, Jason Parent lives in many places, but in the real world, he calls Southeastern Massachusetts his home. The region offers an abundance of settings for his writing and many wonderful places in which to write them. He currently resides with his cuddly corgi, Calypso. In a prior life, Jason spent most of his time in front of a judge… as a civil litigator. When he tired of Latin phrases no one knew how to pronounce and explaining to people that real lawsuits are not started, tried, and finalized within the 60-minute time-frame they see on TV, he traded in his cheap suits for flip-flops and designer stubble. The flops got repossessed the next day, and he’s back in the legal field… sorta. But that’s another story. When he’s not working, Jason likes to kayak, catch a movie, travel any place that will let him enter, and play just about any sport (except for the one with that ball tied to the pole thing where you basically just whack the ball until it twists in a knot or takes somebody’s head off). And read and write, of course. He does that too sometimes.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
You must have this on your shelf!
By Confessions of a Reviewer
A copy of Seeing Evil was sent to Confessions of a Reviewer by the author Jason Parent in exchange for an honest review. This is said review. This book is published by Red Adept Publishing.
I have not read a lot by Jason Parent, just his stories as part of the mighty crew that gave us the collections, Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love and Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror. I have known him for a while now and have to say he is a decent bloke. I admit to that solely for the purposes of this review. I want it made quite clear that even though I do know him, he is also quite clear that garners no favours when I review books. He knows that I am honest about what I read, no matter who wrote it.
To that end I have to say I was hugely disappointed with what I read in Seeing Evil. Read on and I will tell you why.
Sam Reilly is a detective in the Major Crimes Division. She isn’t exactly orthodox and has a bit of a reputation as being somewhat of a maverick. She is sent to a gruesome murder/suicide where she comes across a small child sitting on the floor in the middle of a pool of blood. His family has been killed in the crime.
The child was Michael Turcotte. 11 years later, he has been in and out of various foster homes, struggling with growing up in a system that sometimes doesn’t care. His only true friend is Sam. She has stuck by him during the years since his family was murdered.
Michael has a secret. It’s so secret he has just discovered it himself. He has visions. Visions of things that are going to happen to anyone that he touches, flesh to flesh. He truly sees evil. When he tells people and Sam about his first vision, they don’t believe him. When it comes true and someone dies, Sam starts to listen to anything Michael tells her.
Tessa Masterton also has a secret. A secret life that no one but her and her father know about. She has heard about Michael’s visions and approaches him to see if he can tell her what her future holds. What Michael sees is something he cannot possibly tell Tessa. He tells Sam though.
What unfolds is a race against time, a race against evil and a race to stop a cold and ruthless killer that won’t let anyone stand in his way. That includes Sam, Michael and Tessa.
So I said earlier I was hugely disappointed. I was. I was expecting the same sort of twisted horror that I had read from Mr Parent previously.
What I got instead was what I would best describe as a thriller. A thriller with a difference though. A thriller with a supernatural element to it. A thriller which was beautifully crafted into a story that will delight both thriller lovers and horror lovers alike. So, although I was disappointed that this wasn’t an out and out horror story, after finishing this book I have to say that if proof was ever needed that Jason Parent can write stuff other than twisted, horrific tales…..this is it.
Characters wise there are a few in this tory but it mainly concentrates on Sam, Michael, Tessa and her father. Sam is brilliant. She is a cop who likes results. Sometimes she doesn’t use normal methods to get the results but you have to admire her for that. She’s a good cop and a good person and you can’t help but like her and root for her. Michael is a fourteen year old boy who has had a traumatic past that he isn’t even aware of. The visions scare him to the point where he doesn’t even want to touch people because he doesn’t want to have them. He soon learns to embrace the visions and use them to his advantage. Tessa was harder to figure out for me. She is mixed up in something that she has no control over. Or does she? I couldn’t help but think Mr Parent was leaving this character open to our own interpretation rather than telling us how to read her. Her father is just an absolute 100% (insert expletive here). A totally horrible individual for one hundred different reasons. I don’t want to tell you exactly what he is like because I would need to give away some of the plot.
When these characters all come together, they blend together so well. Their paths cross for most of the book and they all fit their individual roles perfectly.
In terms of the plot? It’s been done before. Killer on the loose. Someone with a gift can see what’s going to happen next. Cops chase bad guy, get him and everyone lives happily ever after. Jason Parent has added something different to this story to keep you glued to it. I like to call it ”haven’t got a clue where the hell this story is going to end up-itis”.
You sort of know what is going to happen but you cannot in any way shape or form predict how it is going to get there. The plot changes directions more times than me listening to a Chinese speaking sat nav. You think you have it figured out. You think you know exactly what will happen next. In reality you have no idea. This is what makes this book for me. The unpredictability of it.
I was kind of surprised by this book to be honest. Like I said before, I was expecting the twisted horror story. When I realised I wasn’t going to get that, I switched mood to fit with the book and I have to say in terms of the thrillers I have read this year, it is up there with the best.
The pace is perfect. Fast and free flowing from start to finish. There are only one or two parts where you can sit back and catch your breath before it hits the gas and takes off again. It is very easy to read. No big complicated sub plots. No long drawn out sections where you spend unnecessary time learning about the characters past lives that won’t add to the story. It doesn’t need any of this. It has all it needs to keep you glued to the pages and give you the adrenaline rush that a thriller should but, sadly, a lot lack. Also, giving the fact there is the supernatural aspect of Michael’s visions, it is believable. You don’t read it thinking “yeah right that would never happen”. You believe every word of it. Obviously there are murders. Obviously there is blood. Obviously there is one particular murder that I really want to tell you not to read about while you are eating.
Jason Parent has an undeniable talent for writing. I love his style. It’s laid back but one hundred miles per hour at the same time. It’s uncomplicated, making the words just flow across the page. It’s good fun.
To summarise: a thriller with a supernatural twist. Superbly fast paced from beginning to end meaning you will not want to put it down. A plot that will keep you guessing to the very end but not in a confusing way. Brilliant characters that gel together perfectly. A bloody good book. Even though it’s not a horror.
I would say there is scope for a continuation of this story. I really hope he does that. I think this could lead to a very successful series for him.
General rating:
★★★★★ Yeah it's that good!
Thriller / supernatural rating:
★★★★★ Excellent stuff!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A Damn Fine Read!
By Char's Horror Corner
This book was a police procedural/thriller/psychological horror story-it doesn't neatly fit into any category except for: "damn fine read".
I usually don't get into the plot too much, since the synopsis already does that, but (briefly)- this is a story about a "hard as nails" police detective, (Samantha), who helps to rescue a boy, (Michael), from a murder scene and then kind of keeps an eye on him as he grows up in the foster family system. Fast forward to his early teens and the discovery that when he touches certain people, he sees visions of their deaths and the visions come true.
As we've seen in stories like The Dead Zone by The King, people that have these kinds of visions rarely do well and young Michael is no exception. What happens when he sees in his visions a young girl about to kill her father and another where Samantha, the only stable thing in his life, is about to die? You'll have to read this book to find out.
This story had excellent pacing, great characters and moments that were truly chilling. I think where Jason Parent's writing really shined was in his description and characterization of the villain, Christopher Masterson. This dude was a bad guy in every sense. I've read about a LOT of bad guys, but this one was right up there with the worst deviants of all time.
The only issues I had with the story were with believability-there were two sections where I think my suspension of disbelief was stretched to the max. I'm having a little trouble overlooking them, so I deducted one star as a result.
Overall, this was a fun and suspenseful thriller and one that I have no trouble recommending to fans of such. Jason is a good author and I can't wait to see what else he has in store for us in the future.
Recommended to fans of thrillers and psychological horror!
*I received a free copy of this book via Red Adapt Publishing in exchange for an honest review. This is it.*
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
How could a Detective not have better foresight?
By Jennifer Mclean
I am shocked at how many five stars this book has garnered. It's incredible reviews in both Amazon and Goodreads pushed me to read this thriller and now I'm so incredibly disappointed in wasting two days. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Parent can write. He makes even grizzly brutality easy to digest. The problem with this book was a few unbelievable behaviors of Sam, the homicide detective working the case.
To me, it seems colossally inept to try and get the young friend of hers (a fourteen year old psychic who can see the future) to "see" the brutal murder that she's working on, especially since the boy knows the victim!
There were also other moments that I couldn't overlook. Unfortunately, if I describe the detective's ridiculously stupid oversights I'll ruin the book for anyone who reads it, I don't do spoilers. Let me just say that if the police had this much missing foresight no major crimes and criminals would ever be caught because no victim would ever be alive long enough to testify at trial. So, unlike everyone else who has read the book I'm giving it only two stars. If the mistakes weren't there, it would have been a five because of the great writing.
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