The Fourth Monkey (A 4MK Thriller)

“ The Fourth Monkey has one of the most ingenious openings that I’ve read in years. This thriller never disappoints.”—James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling authorxa0 xa0xa0 “A first-rate, devilish thriller.”—Eric Rickstad, New York Times bestselling author of The Names of Dead Girls and The Silent Girls "This book lives up to the hype....fast paced, complex and filled with twists and turns, once I picked up this novel, it was incredibly hard to put down....At this point, this novel has me feeling a serious “book hangover”. And, with that ending, I am really hoping this will not be the last that I will read about these characters. 5/5 stars. A must read." — Clues and Reviewsxa0 xa0 "Bram Stoker Award finalist Barker ingeniously blends horrific images into a bizarre plotline to create this devilishly dark thriller."— Library Journal “…Nice twists on classic thriller tropes.” — Publisher’s Weekly “Superbly constructed and immaculately paced, this is one of the few serial killer thrillers that bears comparison with Thomas Harris’s 1981 masterpiece Red Dragon.”— Daily Mail “J.D. Barker’s second novel is a terrifying romp.”— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Not since Hannibal Lecter had a friend for dinner has a serial killer been so skillfully rendered on the page.” — Taylor Elmore, Writer/Producer of Justified and Limitless “Creepy, scary . . . and impossible to put down! The Fourth Monkey is everything a thriller should be—a must read!” — , NY Times Bestselling Author “In the tradition of SE7EN and THE USUAL SUSPECTS, THE FOURTH MONKEY combines breakneck speed with a baffling puzzle. It has pace to die for.” — , New York Times Bestselling Author of Murder As a Fine Art and First Blood “A chillingly delicious page-turner.” — ,xa0NY Times Bestselling Author “Gritty, masterful suspense…Lee Child, you’ve met your match.” — ,xa0NY Times Bestselling Author “Brilliant. Complicated. Psychopath. This character is truly riveting.” — Marc Webb, Director of The Amazing Spiderman, Gifted, & (500) Days of Summer “A state of the art thriller, a current nightmare, a panic wrapped up in a box.” — , Award Winning Author of Bird Box “Serial killers in fiction are a dime a dozen these days, and it takes a powerful lot of thought and crafty planning to come up with one who’s unique. In THE FOURTH MONKEY Barker does just that — and gives us more than one. And he bounces his bad guys off a colorful cast of believable characters. For you puzzle fans, there’s a story within the story as strange and twisty as the tale itself. But make no mistake, this is a suspense novel through and through, and it’s in no way shy about it.” — ,xa0Award Winningxa0Author of Off Season and The Girl Next Door “This book is seriously brilliant: the best serial killer thriller I’ve ever read.” —Lisa Milton, Executive Editor HarperCollins HQ “Absolutely freaking brilliant! I didn’t want this book to end but what a fantastic finish! This is going to be THE crime thriller of 2017.” —Maxine Groves, Top Amazon and GoodReads Reviewer “Gripping, addictive, and devilishly clever. From its opening salvo The Fourth Monkey grabs yo — J.D. BARKER is the internationally best-selling author of Forsaken , a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, and winner of the New Apple Medalist Award. His work has been compared to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris. His 4MK Thrillers, The Fourth Monkey and The Fifth to Die, were released in June 2017 and June 2018 respectively. He has been asked by the Stoker family to coauthor the forthcoming prequel to Dracula due out in fall 2018. His novels have been translated into numerous languages and optioned for both film and television. Barker currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Dayna, and their two dogs, both of whom sit outside his office door daily, eagerly awaiting his next novel.