A Review of The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier

The Butcher was an interesting murder mystery, in that there was no mystery- we find out in the beginning of the story who the murderer is. What keeps the reader's attention is trying to figure out how the other characters may or may not discover the Butcher's identity, and if it will be too late. This gave the story a bit less urgency in some ways and a bit more in others. I did like Sam's character, although she seems a bit clueless, but that's easy for the reader to say when the reader knows what she doesn't. I also liked Matt Shank's character, or rather, disliked him but liked how the author wrote a main character devolving in his basic human decency. It made for some very tense scenes that were interesting to read. In all, I enjoyed this story.