The Mountain King is an exotic atmospheric dark thriller that delves into the human psyche, while tackling the grim horrors that are ever present in this world.
Criminal inspector Leonore Asker is a tenacious dogged investigator who doesn’t rest until she’s caught her culprit. When she is relegated to the Department of Lost Souls—the unit for odd, cold cases in the midst of investigating a high profile kidnapping, some might think she is going to fade away into obscurity. But Asker has other plans. Perusing the old and banal cases, she finds a chilling link to the kidnapping case, and that it may not have been an isolated incident. The Mountain King has been busy.
Andres De La Motte’s riveting thriller keeps the mental cogs racing as you fly through the pages with utmost ease. Motte knows how to engage the readers with mysterious characters with shady pasts and unflinching horrors that exist in the shadows waiting to prey on the innocent. One couldn’t ask for a better protagonist to lead this intense story than Asker who immediately charms readers in a very unconventional manner. Her disturbing past gives way to her tenacity in protecting others from the evils of this world. It’s a delight watching her work the clues in the most unexpected places, like watching a master of a craft at work going through the motions with vigor and passion for the art. Asker puts up a much needed formidable challenge to the dangerous Mountain King, building up a superb showdown between light and dark.
If you’re itching for a dark investigative thriller that’ll haunt you for days to come, you can’t go wrong with The Mountain King. Packed with bursting intensity, solid characters, scary situations and one twist after another, it’s a great way to kick off 2024.
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