MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

Winner of Best Mystery of the 2012 Global E-book awards, Olive Park is a chilling mystery about a child-murderer on the rampage. In 1997, the bodies of three slain children were found in shallow graves in Olive Park, California; fifteen years later, the cold case is reopened, and the evidence reveals that the monster responsible for Olive Park has continued to kill, and threatens new victims even now. A devious and twisted contemporary novel, Olive Park is gripping and horrific, and will leave the reader with chills to the very end.

(Reviewed by Carl Logan for MBR, Jan 2013)

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First off, I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting the author. Chatting with him was a huge highlight for me and his advice and writing success inspired me as a budding writer. When I began reading Olive Park, I was thrilled to see Mr. Booth's great personality join those of his characters on the pages!

Where do I begin with Olive Park? From the beginning, I loved the characters. The first chapter did a wonderful job of introducing M without being boring or giving too much away. The first chapter drew me into the story and right away, I recognized and appreciated the strong writing voice. When I'm reading, I'm really picky about three-dimensional characters, so it was wonderful reading about M, Mallory and Stan and I enjoyed the experience of getting to know them; they felt like real people.

The nonstop thrill of the story was a treat. I enjoyed the slow unfolding of the characters' back stories. The investigation felt realistic and the mystery was especially exciting because there were lives at stake. I absolutely recommend this book to everyone!

Coupeville Writer

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I was in Barnes and Noble I was doing a hard boot on my nook and this man was playing aound with the nook display

he wanted to look up a book. he was there shopping with his wife. It ended up that the man was CJ Booth and he wanted to see how it looked on the nook. So I ordered the book and it was good he told me there will be 2 more releases both end with the "park" good read.

Michelle

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For a first time author, CJ Booth has a great writing style. He hit it out of the (Olive) park with this one. I couldn't put it down. Hope to see more from him soon!

Cory Yalowicki

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Wow, a well paced story, great characters and high tension ending. I was drawn in from the first chapter and given a whole bunch of mysteries to figure out.

Perry Wilson