[Book Review] A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave

A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave is an incredible crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Once I picked this one up, I really struggled to put it down; I just couldn’t wait to see what happened next! This is definitely going to be one of my favorite books of the year!

Let’s dive in!

My Thoughts on A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave

This is going to be another rather short one, as I don’t want to give too much away!

I thought the plot was so interesting! The storyline started with a bang and then slowed for a bit as we dove into character development. But then there’s a point soon after where the action picks up and it doesn’t let up until the very last page. Once I hit that point, I couldn’t put the book down!

There were so many twists and turns that I absolutely did not see coming, along with many A-HA moments sprinkled in. Needless to say, I thought the suspense was incredible! I was almost constantly feeling anxious while reading and just had to keep going to find out what happened next.

The way this author drops important info into the story was incredible. For example, there was a quick scene in the beginning of the book that is referenced near the end.

The characters were all so lovely and wonderfully developed. Even the “bad” characters were incredibly intriguing! I loved the connection that was created between the “bad” guys and one of the characters from the beginning of the book.

As a reader, I felt protective over Joshua because he was such a lovely character. His thoughts and feelings were also so perfectly written that I found myself getting angry with his mom when he did, I felt nerves when he did.

My Favorite Passages from A Killer Harvest

… looking at his watch again, as if to make sure it hasn’t been lying to him.

Today the lie is going to be massive. The man they are here to see is going to tell them he was on the other side of the planet visiting his sick mother in hospital. He was on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean rescuing dolphins. He was orbiting the moon. He was anywhere except for the one place they know he had been…

Monday does what it does best- it arrives quicker than any other day. Joshua is sure the physics behind that is something neither Albert Einstein nor Stephen Hawking could get a handle on.

That’s the thing about the Scott Bullies of the world – they do what they want because they can, because they don’t care, because their empathy chip has been switched out with an asshole chip.

My Final Thoughts on A Killer Harvest

Definitely one of my favorite crime novels of all time! If you enjoy gritty and dark crime thrillers, you have to pick this one up!

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