Review: Excellent variety of thrilling short stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
"Thrills: A Collection of Short Story Thrillers" by Jason A. Joseph contains 6 wonderfully written short stories. The book starts with "Irish Rose," a 6 chapter tale about Anna and her encounter with a psycho who had been helping himself to the beautiful girls throughout the school. The question is, with Anna being the psychos most desired prized, would she fall prey to him or will she be saved? An excellent story that holds your attention to the end. Nothing is ever as it seems would be the motto for this gripping tale.Second is the story, "The Teacher." This surrounds Crystal and she is being accused of murdering her boyfriend, Tyler. Caught in a love triangle, will Crystal get off or worse, did she do it or the other woman? Well written.Our next story is "Karma's..." William Mathis, for whom the story evolves around has a thought that summarizes this (my favorite) story, "“You’re a murderer. You killed your lover so she wouldn’t tell your wife what was going on. You’re pathetic.”Next comes "Daughter of a Demon" Bianca White, a detective, and Zelena, a one-woman wrecking crew on a quest to rid the world of diseased demented pedophiles. This dark tale is a cat-and-mouse story that will leave you wanting the mouse to win, or least, get away. This one has some disturbing scenes in it but it will keep you hooked till the end.Our next story is "The Brand of Cain" This one involves the MI5, spies, intrigue, everything needed for a excellent thrilling mystery. Set in 1963, the stage is dark and seedy, Dennis Layton must unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit  to get to the truth. What he finds will be a game changer.And our last story, "Paul" is about a young lady, Annalise, that is stalked by a serial killer. Will she become victim number five or will the killer be caught in time? This story is reminiscent of film noir in its nature. I enjoyed the psychological aspects to the inner workings of the killer, which adds to the depth of darkness within the story.This collection offers an excellent variety of thrilling short stories. I enjoyed reading all six. Well done, this is one that I can recommend.