Hanover House by Brenda Novak
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I enjoyed Hanover House, a book I’d classify as a Romantic Suspense Thriller. It’s a prequel to Her Darkest Nightmare, which will be released in September, 2016. I used to read a lot of true crime stories back in the day, but nowadays I read more contemporary romance, historicals, and cozy mysteries. However, the desire to read a good thriller remains innate. Hanover House was just my speed as far as books about serial killers and psychopaths go. While the theme is chilling, it isn’t over the top gruesome. In fact, I wasn’t expecting the romance element. For me, it somewhat tempered the severity of the subject, which I found rather pleasing. Let me tell you what this little novella was about…..
Evelyn Talbot was violated as a teen by her psychopath boyfriend, Jasper Moore, and left for dead. She escaped the attack, but her three friends did not. Jasper murdered all three and Evelyn has had to live her life knowing that Jasper is still out there somewhere. He’s never been caught. Twenty years later Evelyn has fought to have Hanover House, a jail for psychopaths and serial killers built for the purpose of studying their behavior. The town’s folk aren’t too pleased with the location being in their backyard, and Evelyn has been threatened and Hanover House vandalized even before its completion. But where are these threats really issuing forth from? Could Jasper be intent on finishing what he started 20 years earlier?
This book was a nice little segue into the sequel, Her Darkest Nightmare, and I’d be interested to find out how Brenda Novak goes about describing the minds of these psychopaths, and what ultimately happens to Evelyn and her love interest, Sergeant Amorak.
Cozynookbks 
Wow…this book sounds like one I’d have to read during the day, rather than before I go to sleep. 🙂 Great review, Laurie!
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