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The Fifth to Die
The Fifth to Die | J. D. Barker
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In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer. A 4MK Thriller Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? Shes found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days. While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porters activities, hes suspended, leaving his partners Clair and Nash to continue the search for the new killer alone. Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.
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Its_Amanda_Plz
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Still enthralled in this mystery

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Twainy
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Detective Porter gets suspended & continues his 4MK investigation in NOLA. He‘s the only one pursuing Bishop. Obsessively so!! Mistakes are bound to happen? Porter‘s character is cleverly developed and you get to delve into his checkered past.

Porter‘s team at Chicago Metro are taken off 4MK and are on the trail of a new serial killer. Claire & North are now separated from Porter.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 👇🏻

Twainy You need to read 4MK before this book or some scenes will leave you scratching your head in confusion. This book continues with multiple POV chapters that allow you to keep the multiple storylines separate.

The addition of Bishop‘s creepy mother was great. Good narration!

I hate to tell you this … it‘s a cliffhanger so you will want book 3 on hand.

I can‘t wait to get to The Sixth Wicked Child!
3mo
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Twainy
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actualdisneyprincess
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From Victorian rogues and the irascible ladies who love them to a supremely-twisted serial killer terrorizing Chicago. I‘m nothing if not eclectic. 😂 #thefifthtodie #jdbarker #4mkthrillers

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michellelav
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What a great author! I really enjoyed the second book in the 4MK series. Loved the whole plot and can't wait to see what comes next! My library doesn't have the third book so I will most likely get scribd again for a month so I can listen to it 🙈 Thanks again @aperfectmjk for introducing me to the series! 😁📚📖

aperfectmjk I'm so glad you're enjoying it! It's my favorite series by far. 3y
michellelav @aperfectmjk it's so good!!! Reading the first book you do not see all these twist and turns coming! 😍 3y
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MicheleinPhilly
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J loved The Fourth Monkey so I had to take one for the team and buy more books. 😉 #HappyWifeHappyLife

TrishB Ohhh not read this author 👍🏻 4y
eanderson Hahaha! I mean.... it‘s kind of a win win! Book buying and a happy wife! 😀💕 I‘m excited that she enjoyed the first one. I‘ll be interested to see what she thinks of the rest of the series. @TrishB I think you‘d enjoy this series. It‘s pretty good! (edited) 4y
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eanderson
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Holy cliffhanger, Batman! Excuse me while I go buy the next book on Amazon. What‘s going on with Sam Porter? What is really going on? I love when a twist comes that you definitely didn‘t see coming and this book had it. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
#murder2020 6/9

FantasyChick If you loved this, just wait until you get to the next one! I think it's the best in the series 😊 5y
eanderson @FantasyChick this makes me happy to hear! I‘m going to wait a little to see if the price will drop some on the ebook. 5y
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eanderson
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Woke up early, struggled through but ran/walked my first 5K since last February. The 4 Monkey Killer helped... he‘s nuts!

robinb Good for you and congratulations!! 5y
eanderson @robinb thank you! ❤️ 5y
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eanderson
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When Sam Porter and the gang help you push through this morning and didn‘t want to! Seriously love this series so far! Happy Wednesday, friends!

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eanderson
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Trying to start my week off right... reading a serial killer book and getting some miles in! 🤣 Happy Monday!!!

Kappadeemom The best way to start off a week ❤️🔪 5y
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eanderson
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Lazy Saturday with this guy! I‘m loving the 4M Thriller series. If you enjoy serial killers and smart a$$ detectives, this is a series for you! 😋

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww so sweet 💙 5y
tracey38 Adorable reading buddy! 5y
BookNAround I loved reading with sleeping babies. Enjoy that precious reading companion! 5y
Crazeedi What a sweetheart 💖 5y
robinb Now that is a relaxed little fella! So cute!! 😍 5y
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Lizpixie
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This book gave me a love/hate relationship. I loved the story, it was everything a thriller should be minus a few small things. But that ending! The last few chapters! If it wasn‘t 2.30am, I‘d be insisting someone go hunt me down the 3rd book coz I‘m about to lose my damn mind. Who the hell is Sam Porter?? #thingsthatmakeyougoargggghhh! #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 2points +5from games +2 from #SSH #PointsTotal-460

Lizpixie Also it was the #ScaryScavengerHunt #WithANumberInTheTitle & #WhereACharacterDies so that‘s 2 more points I believe @Clwojick 5y
vivastory I was going to warn you about the cliffhanger. Hopefully you can get book 3 soon! 5y
Clwojick looks good! 2 for the book, 2 for the ssh prompts, and 1 for participation. 5y
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Lizpixie
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My Mia Corvere plushie is keeping me company while I read the disturbing bits of this book. I‘ve just got past the part where he puts the FBI agents eye, ear & tongue in cutouts in the wall for his partner to find. Makes me so glad that serial killers are such a rare phenomenon in Australia. #catgotyourtongue?🙉🙈🙊🐒#Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-450

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Lizpixie
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Have been booted out of my nice warm bed so I‘m in my library with a blanket I got in my Finale box, a cup of Chamomile,Honey & Vanilla tea & the awesome follow up to The Fourth Monkey. I‘ve just been on my library‘s website to suggest buying the 3rd in the trilogy, The Sixth Wicked Child, this is so good! #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-437

Clwojick OKay! as of this post you are @ 437 points. That is including all of your comments on my games and all of your posts. For the “Finish my Phrase“ game, you got 5 right at 5points each, and 21 at 1 point each. You've done the best out of everyone on that game so far ! Keep it up! You're doing absolutely amazing. hope you're having fun! 😍 5y
Lizpixie @Clwojick I think the discrepancy was from the photo challenge posts. That‘s awesome about the Finish My Phrase! Most people probably weren‘t going very far down the list, I tend to dig a bit deeper. I‘m having a blast, I love Halloween!🎃 5y
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Lizpixie
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Taking a break from Nora & reading the 2nd book in the 4MK series. I read The Fourth Monkey last month & loved it,crossing my fingers my library has the just released 3rd book🤞In a wild Chicago winter, the body of missing teenager, Ella Reynolds is found under the ice of a lake. But she‘s been missing 3weeks & the lake froze over 3 months ago. DI Sam Porter is brought in to investigate. #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-285

FantasyChick I adore this series!! 5y
Clwojick This looks good! 5y
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BookishMadHatter
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I can not say enough good things about this book; I loved it in its entirety & my only regret was that I couldn‘t find more free time to read it faster.The characters became like people I‘ve known forever.I was emotionally invested in their lives & outcomes & ran a full gamut of emotions, got completely lost in their world.I had to keep reading, to know more.I still need to know more. Please tell me it won‘t be too long a wait for the next one?!

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Got everything I need for a ferry ride crossing the straits!

TheNeverendingTBR Cool bag! 😊 6y
BookishMadHatter Thanks @trioxin_sematary ... love a chance to show off some of my pin collection lol. 6y
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BookishMadHatter
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Really enjoying this read ... too bad it‘s been such a crazy week I haven‘t had time to relax much. Slowly but surely getting there and enjoying every page

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BookishMadHatter
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I haven‘t gotten into this book as much as I‘d like, but I am squeezing in some pages and some stitches here and there. So far I‘m enjoying it as much as I did the first in the series

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BookishMadHatter
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Blissful Sunday

Eggs Beautiful knitting 6y
BookishMadHatter Thank you @Eggs ! I‘m trying to use up some of my stash so my husband can‘t complain when o buy some new yarn I want to try 😉 6y
Eggs What are you making? 6y
BookishMadHatter @Eggs this is a fold brim beanie. I also have a mermaid tail hat and a cabled messy bun beanie on the go. Can‘t have too many wips right 6y
Eggs Righto. I love to knit as well 6y
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BookishMadHatter
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So hard picking a new book from my tbr after I finish one ... but I‘ve decided that I‘m going to try to start The Fifth to Die tomorrow and adopt this cat‘s attitude. We‘ll see how that goes over.
Side note ... these reading pins are both awesome and accurate

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hyperashley
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4⭐'s. What a great sequel! Seriously, what a truly amazing thriller series. I cannot wait for book 3 to come out especially after an ending like that!

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Booknerd2
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Maybe the best book I‘ve read all summer!!! However, Mr. J.D. Barker, I am definitely not happy with the epic cliffhanger!!! 🤬😳 Seriously 🤨
Amazing. Highly recommend but read The Fourth Monkey first.

MicheleinPhilly Just bought this on super sale for Kindle. Of course I haven‘t read the first one yet. 😬 6y
Booknerd2 @MicheleinPhilly I highly recommend reading the first one. I read it a year ago and had a hard time remembering and getting back up to speed. It is so worth it. Great books 6y
MicheleinPhilly I have the first one. Bought that on super sale too. *story of my life* 6y
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JeaMar82
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh! There better be a third book! 😭

Loving this series.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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JeaMar82
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*Listening to audiobook in the car*
*Major plot twist happens*
Me: "What!?"

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JeaMar82
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So close to finishing this! Loving it!

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DebReads4fun
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This psychological thriller takes place in the Chicago area. The insanely clever killer enjoys baiting and tempting the detectives with bits and morsels of clues to send them out on wild, dangerous, well-plotted and often frightening treasure hunts. The killer is a master manipulator and the story is filled many twists and turns. An excellent thriller!

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JeaMar82
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Starting book two 😊

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JeaMar82
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So, I subscribed to Audible when they had the first 3 months for $5 a month deal and I got The Fourth Monkey with my first credit. Got an email today saying I had an extra credit for this month so I got The Fifth to Die. I'm loving The Fourth Monkey so of course I had to get the second book. 😂 I can't believe it's 15+ hours though. That's my longest audiobook. 😱

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Georgette73
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"If I let you play that, you're going to start singing, then I'm going to start singing, then we're going to have some kind of moment, and when it's over things will be weird between us. I'm not ready to sing Neil Diamond with you. That's a big step. You haven't been in the field long enough."

Georgette73 I feel like there was a Big Bang Theory moment like this with Amy and Wallowitz 6y
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JoeStalksBeck
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Signed! Yes!

Jennick2004 Woo!!! 6y
FantasyChick Soooooo jealous!!!! 6y
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booked4life
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4.5 stars rounded up to 5! This book was so good!!! You need to read The Fourth Monkey before reading this one, though. The Fifth to Die was fast-paced, chilling, and gruesome. The cliff hanger ending is so frustrating but also makes me want to read the next book. I loved the characters and the complex story line. Thank you Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the free review copy!

Alfoster Loved them both!❤️ 6y
Georgette73 I just finished The Fifth To Die. The ending! We have to wait this one out. Argh! 6y
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booked4life
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Just started this book today and I already have a feeling I‘m going to love it.

Booknerd2 💜💜💜 the flowers!!! Such bright colors. 6y
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FantasyChick
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All the f*cking stars!!!! ALL OF THEM!!!
I can't wait until the audio comes out for this.
🙈🙉🙊🗡😈🎧

#ARC #NetGalley #TheFifthtoDie #4MK

AllenTStClair More reviews should have some version of “f*ck” in them. Start a movement! ✊🏼 7y
FantasyChick Haha @AllenTStClair YES!!!! It really adds a little extra something doesn't it? 😉 #FreetheF*CK 7y
AllenTStClair @FantasyChick Absolutely! I speak in expletives like a f*cking artist in real life...on Litsy I censor myself. But I love my Litsy peeps so much that I‘m afraid to offend. 😬 7y
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JoeStalksBeck
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I posted on Twitter how sick I was on Easter and on top of it I got denied one of top 3 books of 2018. J D Barker said “ let me make a phone call” I thought he was kidding but his publisher sent me one today ! My temp is 101.4 and I reading it even if I‘m dying . What am amazing and generous man to do that. ❤️JD Barker

MelAnn That is awesome! 7y
AmyG Wow...that‘s awesome. Feel better. 7y
Birdsong28 Thats really nice. Hope you get better soon ❤️📚📖 7y
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RadicalReader @JoeStalksBeck i am glad I am not the only dedicated hardcore reader I will read through: sniffles, sneezes and bed head 7y
Marmie7 Aww..that's great! Hope you're better soon!😘 7y
cobwebmoth Hope you feel better soon! 7y
GripLitGrl That's very cool. I hope you feel better soon! 7y
Redwritinghood That‘s awesome. Hope you feel better soon, though. 7y
CoverToCoverGirl That‘s amazing! 😊 7y
RohitSawant How awesome! Hope you feel better! 7y
LeahBergen Feel better soon! 😘 7y
JoScho That is very awesome! Feel better 😘❤️ 7y
bookishbunny That's so awesome! I hope you feel better soon! 7y
TNbookworm Wow! How awesome! 7y
minkyb Sorry you are ill but that is a great story. 7y
Georgette73 What a happy ending to your story. I love how JD Barker intervened on your behalf. 6y
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