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#review #horror #timeloop Kiss, Slay, Replay by Rachel Harrison

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Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice.

It’s the picture-perfect wedding The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first time she’s seen her ex-fiancé in months, and he brought a date. Everything feels off, like she stumbled into an alternate universe. But things start to look up when Willa meets Danny, the groom’s charming and single childhood best friend. When they sneak off together, their rendezvous is interrupted by a masked killer terrorizing the reception. Willa and Danny fight to save the ones they love and survive the night, but the killer is unrelenting. A final girl, Willa is not.

Or is she? She wakes up and it’s the morning of the wedding. She just had the most intense nightmare of her life. Only as the day unfolds, there are some uncanny coincidences that make her question whether it was really a dream, déjà vu, or something more sinister. After a horrifying turn of events, Willa comes to understand that she’s stuck in a loop of carnage and terror that she must learn how to escape or else suffer a fate worse than death—being an eternal wedding guest.

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Willa just went through the worst break up ever, and now she had to slap a happy face on to go to her best friend’s wedding when there is a chance she’s going to see her ex. but one this she isn’t expecting is to see a strange guy in the woods, fall for the grooms best friend and then have to see everyone she loves and cares for die all in one night or so she thinks. Willa has to relive the nightmare of her friend’s wedding over and over again, but with a different killer each time. will she ever get to move on to the next day or will it be a terrible nightmare for the rest of her days.

Rachel Harrison is the author of The Return, nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica and Electric Lit. She lives in New York with her husband and their cat/overlord.

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#Review – The Summer Children (The Collector 3) by Dot Hutchison

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This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything―just not this…

When Agent Mercedes Ramirez finds an abused young boy on her porch, covered in blood and clutching a teddy bear, she has no idea that this is just the beginning. He tells her a chilling tale: an angel killed his parents and then brought him here so Mercedes could keep him safe.

His parents weren’t just murdered. It was a slaughter―a rage kill like no one on the Crimes Against Children team had seen before. But they’re going to see it again. An avenging angel is meting out savage justice, and she’s far from through.

One by one, more children arrive at Mercedes’s door with the same horror story. Each one a traumatized survivor of an abusive home. Each one chafing at Mercedes’s own scars from the past. And each one taking its toll on her life and career.

Now, as the investigation draws her deeper into the dark, Mercedes is beginning to fear that if this case doesn’t destroy her, her memories might.

First I just want to say that this book is my favourite of the series. Hands down one of the best books I’ve read this year. I usually choose the first book in a series as my favourite but not this time. Don’t think this has ever happened to me before either.

I’m also really liking that each book is from a different agent’s point of view. This one is in Mercedes’ POV and even when I finished the first chapter only, I had a feeling this was going to a doozy and man was I right.

My first thought was, who the heck are these kids that keep showing up at her door? Are they from one of the foster homes she stayed at? WHO ARE THEY??

Right away I wasn’t a fan of Mercedes’ girlfriend. She knows what Mercedes does for a living and yet, she was not supportive at all and made it seem like Mercedes asked for this crap to happen to her.

As we dive deeper into these random children showing up at Mercedes door, we learn that it’s not so random and that there’s a purpose. An angel is saving them but why? Who is this angel?

I don’t want to give too much away but man, this book was SO good. I do suggest starting with the first book though. Because each book is about a different agent and you learn more about their lives, their friendships with each other and so on. I also love that you see Inara, Bliss and Priya quite often. I just love this whole family dynamic.

My reader heart is so full right now.

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#Review – The Roses Of May (The Collector Book 2) by Dot Hutchison

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Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer days of healing ahead. But for the agents, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country, another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers.

Priya Sravasti’s sister fell victim to the killer years ago. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning. But when she ends up in the madman’s crosshairs, the hunt takes on new urgency. Only with Priya’s help can the killer be found—but will her desperate hope for closure compel her to put her very life on the line?

At 37% – I’m going to write this as I read because I have thoughts I want to get down before I forget. This one is quite different than book 1. It’s slower but not in a bad way. Just in a way that makes you think and feel things. Book 1 was intense, while this one, at 37% is just…sad and heartbreaking. Heartbreaking because Priya lost her sister and her dad, not too far apart from each other. But her sister…man. Her sister was murdered and of course, our same trio of detectives, haven’t been able to catch the bad guy.

In this book, we get more from Eddison’s point of view. Which is a nice change from book 1, when that was in Vic’s POV.

I’m still early in and I know a lot can happen with 63% left go in the book but I just wanted to say that I feel bad for Priya. Her thoughts and her grief, are intense and rightfully so. Losing your sister…I have a younger sister and I can’t imagine what I would do if something happened to her.

At 67% – I find this book much slower than book one but not in a bad way. Priya is beyond messed up over her sister and the other deaths. Even though they’re complete strangers, she can’t help but feel broken over it. I do like how this book ties into book 1. Not a lot but it gives us current events with some of the girls from book 1 and I like seeing how they’re doing now.

At 83% – I really have no idea who the bad guy is. I have theories but I’m probably totally wrong seeing as I can never predict these things.

At 100% – Now that I’m done, I had a feeling about who the bad guy was. I liked how the story ended and I also liked how we got to see more into the lives and personalities of the 3 agents.

Man, this was so good. Now it’s time for book 3. I definitely need these books in paperback.

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#Review #Audiobook – Whisper in the Wind (The Fetch Phillips Novels) Book 4 by Luke Arnold

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The fourth installment of Luke Arnold’s Fetch Phillips series, Whisper in the Wind, takes readers to a very different Sunder City. One where government corruption is rampant and tensions are rising.

Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his cafe in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can’t solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people going hungry. But when a kid on the run shelters in Fetch’s cafe, and a chain of gruesome murders begins among Sunder’s high and mighty, trouble is brought to Fetch’s door.

There’s a word whispered on the wind, and that word is revolution…

 

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The Fetch Phillips Novels have become one of my top favorite series ever! For me, by the time an author reaches the 4th book and beyond, I start to lose interest because what more can you really do with a story? Things start to repeat or things get really far fetched and aren’t enjoyable anymore. That is the furthest thing for this series. I am as hooked to Whisper in the Wind as I was to the first book as I was to the second and third. I also continue to recommend listening to the audio as opposed to reading it. Mr. Arnold does an incredible job with Fetch!

I wasn’t really sure how this was going to pan out because Fetch is more or less trying to “give up” by staying low and just focusing on him and working Georgio’s café. He is controlling what he can control, himself and serving good coffee and food. However, Fetch can’t help it when he sees some teens in trouble because he sees himself. He puts his neck out on the line for them but then ends up being a sort of safe haven for the misfits. But hey, it gives him some purpose. While all this is happening, there is a radical that has been spewing things via propaganda and Fetch finds himself being pulled in all sorts of directions and working for everyone he swore off. I love all the new characters and all the crazy twists and turns. Just when Fetch found his place and realized what he was supposed to do, something changes and he is put on a completely different course. The ending left me with my mouth gaping open. I am anxiously waiting for book 5. Well done, Mr. Arnold, you have my full attention!

 

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Luke Arnold was born in Australia and has spent the last decade acting his way around the world, playing iconic roles such as Long John Silver in the Emmy-winning Black Sails and his award-winning turn as Michael Hutchence in the INXS mini-series Never Tear Us Apart. When he isn’t performing, Luke is a screenwriter, director, novelist, and ambassador for Save the Children Australia.

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#Review #Audiobook – One Foot in the Fade (The Fetch Phillips Novels Book 3) by Luke Arnold

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Welcome back to the streets of Sunder City, a darkly imagined world perfect for readers of Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.

In a city that lost its magic, an angel falls in a downtown street. His wings are feathered, whole—undeniably magical—the man clearly flew, because he left one hell of a mess when he plummeted into the sidewalk.

But what sent him up? What brought him down? And will the answers help Fetch bring the magic back for good?

Working alongside necromancers, genies, and shadowy secret societies, through the wildest forests and dingiest dive bars, this case will leave its mark on Fetch’s body, his soul, and the fate of the world.

Praise for the Fetch Phillips novels:

“Superb… With a lead who would be at home in the pages of a Raymond Chandler or James Ellory novel and a nicely twisty plot, this installment makes a strong case for Arnold’s series to enjoy a long run.” ―Publishers Weekly

“Arnold’s universe has everything, including the angst of being human. The perfect story for adult fantasy fans—a tough PI and a murder mystery wrapped around the mysticism of Hogwarts, sprinkled with faerie dust.” ―Library Journal (starred review)

Fetch Phillips Novels
The Last Smile in Sunder City
Dead Man in a Ditch
One Foot in the Fade

 

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I cannot recommend this series/book enough. And if you do pick it up, I recommend it even more to listen to it via audiobook. My personal opinion is that the audio really puts the cherry on top. Fetch is not a super complicated character; he is just trying to find his place. He has for so long believed that the magic disappearing is his fault and has been holding this weight on his shoulders alone, but there have been sparks of the possibility that there may actually be some magic out there.

Fetch is put on a new “case.” This gives us quite a few new characters and a few that we get to see a deeper side of. True to past books, we get Fetch’s same dry humor and him constantly battling himself. But this book…this book really gave me some feels. Fetch and the others were put in some difficult situations that were difficult for me to process, let alone the characters. I mean, I felt like they were REAL. These characters have become a part of me. Earlier I said that I recommend listening to this if you have the chance, I really do because there are parts where the emotion is so intense that I was literally breathless and had tears in my eyes. And folks, I am not a crier. I AM NOT A CRIER! Fetch has evolved so much. I cannot wait to continue his journey and I am hoping to catch up with some of the others on the way. This is hands down one of my favorite books!

 

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Luke Arnold was born in Australia and has spent the last decade acting his way around the world, playing iconic roles such as Long John Silver in the Emmy-winning Black Sails and his award-winning turn as Michael Hutchence in the INXS mini-series Never Tear Us Apart. When he isn’t performing, Luke is a screenwriter, director, novelist, and ambassador for Save the Children Australia.

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#Review – Blood From A Stone (The Stone Chronicles Book 2) by Maverick Montgomery

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When justice is on the line…leave no Stone unturned.

Bloody and armed with the answers he was willing to die for, Jack Stone is sent spiraling into the city’s seedy underbelly to find the enigmatic Drac. His search comes to a screeching halt when unforeseen events force him to rely on questionable strangers. Now with a price on his head, and his loved ones in the crosshairs as collateral damage, Jack must race to find the man who wants him dead.

 

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Jack is the cat’s meow! He recently got shot, almost died, drove his baby (the Mustang) into a wall, blew up a bad guy’s SUV and now there is a bounty on his head. He is generally not one to be messed with, but he is an absolute force to be reckoned with when his friends and family are considered collateral damage. Just like the previous book, this one is just as fast and furious! Tons of suspense and action. Word to the wise, when you start this book, plan on finishing it. It moves fast. You will lose track of time and then it will be over. But not over OVER. There is a cliffhanger and now I am patiently (really I am impatiently waiting, lol) for the next book. I NEED to know what happens next and WHY they are out to get JACK! I recommend The Stone Chronicles!

 

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Maverick Montgomery lives in the Midwest with his wife of nine years and their three partners-in-crime, his two dogs, Austen and Ava, and cat, Jude. Considered a self-proclaimed gamer nerd who was holding a game controller long before he picked up a pen. a gear head at heart who can’t resist drooling over any vehicle whether it be classic or modern, Maverick grew up immersed in classic Alfred Hitchcock films, fueling his lifelong fascination with suspense and crime thrillers.

 

When he’s not writing, Maverick can be found tinkering with cars or dreaming of his next project, usually no more five in his mind at once or he can be hiding out in his man cave surrounded by comic books, stacks of video games, and story ideas waiting to be unleashed. Equal parts snark and grit, he pulls his inspiration from Dick Tracy and Punisher comics, or indulging his wife’s latest project antics while figuring out ways to avoid admitting she’s right.

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#review #thriller Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox

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Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author Kelsey Cox.

2000:Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace.

2025: The Lone Star Princess Pageant is about to begin, but this year it’s offering more than an annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines. Competition is stiffer than ever ―and long standing grudges are about to resurface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can’t forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is not an option.

When old resentments and new confrontations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as a record-setting storm brings down the state’s power grid. With everyone trapped under one roof, scores will be settled, and more than one person will end up dead.

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Small town drama surrounding the local Miss Lone Star Princess Pageant, apparently someone would kill for the title. Izzy went missing 25 years ago and her family never got the answers or knew where she was. friends turned on each other, and Izzy’s boyfriend Ben was the main suspect for the town. But when local teens were trespassing where they weren’t supposed to be they under covered the remains of Izzy, days before the pageant. but now that she’s been found more questions than answers were brought to the surface. will the family get answers now that she was found all these years later or will someone else be added to the Miss Lone Star Princess Pageant death list. omg this was such a great mystery read I never saw the ending coming defiantly keeps you on your toes

Kelsey Cox received her MFA in fiction from Purdue University and works from home in the Texas Hill Country. You can often find her writing at Mammen Family Public Library, chasing around her two young daughters, or watching British mysteries with her mom and aunts. On nights when bedtime goes as planned, she enjoys curling up on the sofa, glass of wine in hand, and a book with complicated characters and a killer twist in her lap.

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#review #thriller What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

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Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same.
Now you have to choose between law…and justice.

Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s lacrosse game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever.

Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The agents tell them that the carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization – and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs. The agents advise the Bennetts to enter the witness protection program right away, and they have no choice but to agree. But WITSEC was designed to protect criminal informants, not law-abiding families. Taken from all they know, trapped in an unfamiliar life, the Bennetts begin to fall apart at the seams. Then Jason learns a shocking truth and realizes that he has to take matters into his own hands.

Sometimes justice is a one-man show.

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When the Bennett family is on their way home from their daughter’s game, they end up getting in a dangerous situation, that ends up with their daughter getting killed, and the rest in witness protection service. with them basically disappearing overnight and it happens so fast, it leaves them having to deal with their neighbors thinking the worst things ever. but the rumors are nowhere near the truth they never are, but when you are hiding and trying to deal with some very dangerous people things get crossed and bullets fly. will they ever be able to set the record straight or will they be a ghost of the past.

Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 33 novels. Lisa’s books are book-club favorites, and she and her daughter Francesca Serritella have hosted an annual Big Book Club Party for over a thousand readers at her Pennsylvania farm, for the past twelve years. Lisa has been President of Mystery Writers of America and she reviews fiction and non-fiction for the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter for The Philadelphia Inquirer entitled Chick Wit, a witty take on life from a woman’s perspective, which have been collected in a bestselling series of humorous memoirs. Lisa graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. degree in English, and cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught Justice & Fiction. She has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She lives with an array of disobedient pets, and wouldn’t have it any other way.

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#Review #Thriller – Jar Of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

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* Winner – Best Novel, ITW Thriller Award * Authors on the Air Network – Thriller of the Year * Finalist – Anthony Award for Best Novel * Finalist – Macavity Award for Best Novel *

“Jar of Hearts grabs you by the throat! The perfect blend of riveting characters, chilling details, and gasping twists in this standout thriller will keep you frantically reading until the explosive end.” – Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind You

This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . .

When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.

But fourteen years later, Angela Wong’s remains are discovered in the woods near Geo’s childhood home. And Kaiser—now a detective with Seattle PD—finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women.

To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he’s something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo’s first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed.

For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela’s death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison.

While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.

How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it? Find out in Jennifer Hillier’s Jar of Hearts.

This book was so good. Like beyond good. I was hooked from the very first page. I’ve never read Jennifer’s books before but I came across a video on TikTok, cause that’s where I’ve been getting most of my book recs from lately, and found this one. I went in completely blind, which I 100% suggest doing. It’s so much more fun that way.

So we meet Geo and the book starts right off with her testifying against her ex-boyfriend. She ends up in jail and the book takes us through her time in jail and through her past as a teen. We find out how she met Calvin, her ex, how she met her friends and so on. It basically takes us through most of her life and I liked the way the author did that.

I was totally invested from the start. By the last 20%, I messaged a friend and was like “I have no idea what’s going on!” – I will say, I managed to predict something but I just didn’t know the why.

I also want to say that I did not like Angela, Geo’s best friend. She came off as selfish and didn’t seem like she treated Geo very well. But at the same time, Geo didn’t treat Angela overly well all the time either. It was an odd dynamic but I guess it worked for them.

This book was everything I look for in a thriller. Twists and turns, engaging characters and it was just…man, it was just everything.

Do I agree with half of the choices Geo made? No, not at all but I’ve never been in her situation before. It just shows that she’s humans and humans make mistakes.

Ugh this book will live rent free in my head for a while.

Oh and if you like dark romance books, this one had a kinda sorta dark romancey vibe. In a totally unhinged and twisted sort of way.

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#WOTR26 #Review Stone’s Edge (The Stone Chronicles) Book 1 by Maverick Montgomery

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When justice is on the line… leave no stone unturned.

Private Investigator, Jack Stone, is closing in on his rival when an unexpected twist throws his investigation – and his life – onto a different course. Going head-to-head with a demon from his past in his quest for vengeance puts Jack’s family and friends in the line of fire, and he must use every resource in his arsenal to bring an end to the tyrant threatening his future.

 

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Jaaaaaaack! He is me in male form, haha! Stone’s Edge starts off literally on the edge. Something’s up and he is WIRED! Things go from zero to one hundred quick, fast, and in a hurry. Then we meet his mom. Jack’s MOM! I love her! I want to be just like her when I grow up, LOL! She is a fighter and I love it! One thing I learned very fast is you don’t mess with Jack’s family. So, we are on the move again. Zig zagging, ducking and weaving, and then BAM! A twist I had no clue was coming. But it makes total sense. The writing was gripping, witty, and kept me on the edge of my seat. I was sad to see the end of the story but happy the second book is out so I can keep on keepin on! Stay tuned for another review!

 

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Maverick Montgomery lives in the Midwest with his wife of nine years and their three partners-in-crime, his two dogs, Austen and Ava, and cat, Jude. Considered a self-proclaimed gamer nerd who was holding a game controller long before he picked up a pen. a gear head at heart who can’t resist drooling over any vehicle whether it be classic or modern, Maverick grew up immersed in classic Alfred Hitchcock films, fueling his lifelong fascination with suspense and crime thrillers.

When he’s not writing, Maverick can be found tinkering with cars or dreaming of his next project, usually no more five in his mind at once or he can be hiding out in his man cave surrounded by comic books, stacks of video games, and story ideas waiting to be unleashed. Equal parts snark and grit, he pulls his inspiration from Dick Tracy and Punisher comics, or indulging his wife’s latest project antics while figuring out ways to avoid admitting she’s right.