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I have been writing since the age of seven and knew that, no matter what, I would be writing forever. My first "books", were stapled together, carefully illustrated, and contained some sort of linear plot line and realistic character development, so much so that my parents knew there was more to my latest "creation" than met the eye.
It is a great blessing to be a writer and though I thoroughly relish staying up late to craft intelligent suspense thrillers and detective mysteries with a romantic edge, the dawn of every new day compels me to create Sci-Fi trilogies and Fantasy epics as well. I truly believe I'll never be without inspiration for new material and the interpretation of that inspiration is a living, breathing journey just as rewarding as finishing the book itself.
Thank you very much for reading, and may the tales never cease, for all of us!
Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
The Quiet Kill is a mystery novel written by Luke Taylor. Loeb Cohen is a young writer who's had a best-selling novel published and made into a popular television series. His agents, of course, want more. His days are spent quietly trying to write at home, with the ritual of eating in the local diner as a welcome break, especially if he's able to get a booth in Cat's area. Cat's a strange and somehow very appealing waitress with a hedgehog-like shock of blue hair, shaved eyebrows and piercings on her upper lip. She's read his bestseller, Fractures, dozens of times and fantasizes that he was writing about her. Loeb doesn't know how or when to tell her that she was the inspiration for Fractures, but, when he gets his agents to agree to a long vacation away from the Los Angeles area, getting her to agree to leave with him is the first thing on his mind.
Luke Taylor's mystery thriller, The Quiet Kill, is an engaging and suspenseful mystery featuring two complex and enjoyable characters, Loeb and Cat. I chose to read this book in part because of its setting in Alaska and was not disappointed with Taylor's presentation of the Anchorage area. While Cat's premise for suggesting the area was founded in her life-long quest to find the person who murdered her aunt, in a touch of serendipity, Loeb reads about the murder on the plane ride up there and determines to solve the mystery. And the two of them work in just that fashion as they stir up waters that have been settled over the past and find too many killers in a location where they feel particularly vulnerable and out of place. It's a marvelous premise, and Taylor's characters and original plot make it work brilliantly. Taylor's planning on writing about Loeb and Cat's further adventures and I'm glad he is. The Quiet Kill is highly recommended.
