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The Devil Aspect

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The Devil Aspect

By: Craig Russell
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
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A USA Today Best Mystery of All Time • Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down.

"A wildly entertaining story...Russell has created a truly frightening story." —The New York Times Book Review

Czechoslovakia, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a newly trained psychiatrist who studied under Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle surrounded by forests, on a site that is well known for concealing dark secrets going back many centuries. The asylum houses six inmates--the country's most treacherous killers--known to the terrified public as the Devil's Six. Viktor intends to use a new medical technique to prove that these patients share a common archetype of evil, a phenomenon he calls The Devil Aspect. Yet as he begins to learn the stunning secrets of these patients, he must face the unnerving possibility that these six may share a darker truth.

Meanwhile, in Prague, fear grips the city as a phantom serial killer emerges in the dark alleys. Police investigator Lukas Smolak, desperate to locate the culprit (a copycat of Jack the Ripper), turns to Viktor and the doctors at Hrad Orlu for their expertise with the psychotic criminal mind. And Viktor finds himself wrapped up in a case more terrifying than he could have ever imagined. Thriller & Suspense Historical Mystery Murder Suspense 20th Century Crime Historical Fiction Fiction Scary Exciting
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Gripping Plot • Unexpected Twists • Exceptional Narration • Rich Historical Setting • Psychological Depth

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Skilled storytelling

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The narrator is very good and I really enjoyed his characters. My only complaint is that sometimes the voice was too low.
The story was great too. It got a little tiresome with the “evil” interviews but the twist caught me and I love the ending.

Excellent performance

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Wow! This is a very creepy, very well written suspenseful historical fiction/thriller full of twists. No book has kept my interest and attention throughout its entirety in a LONG time until this one. The plot was well developed with a little bit of pre-war Czech history. There are disturbing and gory parts so it's not for the faint of heart. However, the disturbing and gory parts were not just unnecessarily thrown in for the sake of gore. They are relevant and help make this book so thrilling and captivating. The writing is superb and the narration is excellent. Definitely a breath of fresh air from your usual run of the mill, poorly written domestic thrillers.

The best book I've listened to in a long time!

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It kept its secrets hidden till the very end. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries.

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The book flowed effortlessly, and everything connected. Amazing ending, wish I could read it again for the first time.

Great book

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