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Husk | J. Kent Messum

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From award-winning author J. Kent Messum, a serial killer thriller for fans of The Straw Men and The Shining Girls. LIFE GOES ON For a lucky few, death is merely an inconvenience. With the help of technology the mind can survive long after a body has been laid to rest. This afterlife, however, is far from paradise . . . MAKING A LIVING Rhodes is a 'Husk'. It's an illegal, controversial and highly lucrative job - renting out control of his body and mind to the highest bidder. It's a sure way to gain a better life, but some clients go too far. Sometimes, he wakes up with scars. MAKING A KILLING Then the visions start - terrible sights that haunt his waking hours. They could be dreams, or they could be something far worse - they just might be memories . . . Praise for J. Kent Messum: 'Raw, visceral, powerful ... may just make you question what it is to be human' Nick Cutter 'Pacy and surprising, Husk is a showcase for a wild and frightening imagination' Andrew Pyper 'Disturbing, pulse-pounding and utterly surprising' Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me 'The stakes could be no higher in this crisply written, fast-paced novel that examines the shifting line between right and wrong, good and evil ... Will keep readers turning pages late into the night' Lori Roy, Edgar-Award-winning author of Bent Road and Until She Comes Home 'A powerhouse debut ... A mesmerizing, one-sitting read' Steve Ulfelder, Edgar-Award finalist author of Purgatory Chasm and The Whole Lie

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This was a fun, fast read! It reminded me a lot of Blake Crouch‘s Dark Matter in terms of compulsive readability - I couldn‘t put it down! The wealthiest of the dead can temporarily upload their consciousness into a “husk” - a living person who essentially puts their body up for rent. With this body clients can do (and DO do) just about anything. One husk finds himself at the mercy of a horrific client, and must race against time to stop him.

LauraJ Sounds good! 6y

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