All These Bodies

By: Kendare Blake

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

* Indie Next List Pick * Indie Bestseller *

Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. One impossible explanation. In this edge-of-your-seat mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake, the truth is as hard to believe as it is to find.

Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood.

Michael Jensen, an aspiring journalist whose father happens to be the town sheriff, never imagined that the Bloodless Murders would come to his backyard. Not until the night the Carlson family was found murdered in their home. Marie Catherine Hale, a diminutive fifteen-year-old, was discovered at the scene—covered in blood. She is the sole suspect in custody.

Michael didn’t think that he would be part of the investigation, but he is pulled in when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened the night that the Carlsons were killed? And how did one girl wind up in the middle of all these bodies?

Good, but the ending isn't great.

Loved the plot of the book, but it doesn't really give answers at the end. The narrator keeps a great pace, but it is hard to tell who is talking sometimes. I loved the writing style of the author and will look for other books by them.

An intriguing story

This was a nice read. I enjoyed the characters of Michael and Marie very much, and there was a certain Mayberry charm to the setting.
I wish, personally, that there were more of Marie's details shared, but I think it fits the character of Michael not to include all the gory bits into his story.

Beautiful

An amazing novel. Edge of your sear writing. Mesmerizing! Blake does not disappoint. I don't often refer to novel as "beautiful" but All These Bodies is a masterpiece of fiction. One of the best reads in a long time.

Who's the mystery guy

This story had me guessing from the edge of my seat from page one to the last page.

Superb

What an amazing book. Told as a memoir from one of the main characters and is a (highly factionalized) true crime type tale… with a little twist that only super author Kendare Blake can deliver.