The Groomer

By: Jon Athan

Narrated by: Harry Roger Williams III

Andrew McCarthy grows concerned for his family after he catches a young man, Zachary Denton, photographing his daughter, Grace McCarthy, and other children at a park. To his dismay, Zachary talks his way out of trouble when he’s confronted by the police. He hopes that’s the end of it. Then he finds Zachary at a diner and then at a grocery store. He knows their encounters aren't coincidences. And just as Andrew prepares to defend his family, Grace vanishes.

As the police search stalls and the leads dry up, Andrew decides to take matters into his own hands. He starts by searching for sex offenders in the area and researching enhanced interrogation techniques.... He convinces himself he’ll do anything to rescue his daughter, unaware of the pure evil he'll face in his journey. He’s willing to hurt - to torture - anyone to save his family.

Jon Athan, the author of Into the Wolves’ Den and The Abuse of Ashley Collins, delves into the underworld of internet predators in this disturbing horror novel. Are your children safe?

WARNING: This book contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised.

©2020 Jonathan Sixtos (P)2021 Jonathan Sixtos

Sickenly Disturbing

This book is not for the faint of heart. There were many times I legitimately thought I was going to puke from the imagery. That being said, I stuck it out til the end and I’m glad that I did.

Good storyline - Lousy narrator

I really enjoyed the storyline on this book. The gore, the details and the characters, I thought it was all well thought out.

What I could not stand was the narrator. For the first time I had to speed up the audio on a book just so I could be done with his voice. His inflection was all wrong, he emphasized the wrong words and overall ruined the book for me.

Do yourself a favor and read the actual book, don’t buy the audio version.

Creepy

Kept my interest. Even when I didn’t want to finish book. But a good read

Hard

This was a hard read but still a good one, it's almost like a true crime novel

outstanding! I couldn't put it down

Ok... So I just finished The Groomer. And it was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend you give it a read, please be advised there are some major trigger warnings to this book do not take them lightly. If you cannot handle severe child abuse or gore, this is not the book for you. Without spoiling the book, it is the perfect combination of true crime and splatterpunk. Athan's way of describing is a true art form! The true crime junky and splatterpunk fan in me loved everything about this book, but the mother in me hated it because it made everything so real.