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Short Ride to Hell Rodd Clark Books

“Many are strong at the broken places.” Author Rodd Clark lifts his epilogue from Hemingway, and it fits several of the characters in this spare, haunting crime thriller.

SHORT RIDE TO HELL is the story of killers, and survivors: Brantley Colton, a walking dead man, is stalking a serial killer. Karen Whitten is an unpretentious waitress who by novel’s end has begun to see deep into the soul of two men. Rust Eyler is an unrelenting murderer, broken in all the wrong places. John Reston is a cold-eyed FBI profiler with instincts sharp as a knife edge.

All four of these people move around each other in a slow dance; three of them meet at last in a gripping thriller whose plot is best raveled out not here, but by the reader. True to his instincts, Clark is able to push a tale almost to the breaking point. His most recurrent words in this present work seem to be “broken” and “void.” And yet there is a tenderness here too, teased out by the sympathetic character Karen who once feared she might be a wall flower. But in the deep heart of the writer, she becomes a “shy flower” in the “sweet grass.”

I would be remiss not to mention the seeming lack of a skilled editor in the present work. I think a re-release and new editor would only enhance this brilliant writer’s reputation as a creator of remarkable criminals. I give the novel five stars for its memorable portrait of men in the grip of crazed passion, in words that gnaw at the gut.


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Short Ride to Hell Rodd Clark Books Reviews

Short Ride to Hell is three stories entwined into one amazing book. You are first introduced to Brantley Colton. Brantley is on a mission to find the person that took away a very important person in his life. You don’t find out until later in the book as to the how’s and why’s of Brantley’s crusade. When you are let in on the answers everything about Brantley becomes Crystal Clear.

Next, you meet John Reston. John is an FBI profiler who is on the hunt for a serial killer. John has no idea about Colton being on the trail of the serial killer. However, Colton is very aware of John and is always working to stay one step ahead.

Lastly, you are introduced to the serial killer and get a first row view of his life. We learn what turned him into the monster he has become. The only question that remains is who will find the serial killer first John or Colton?

The Books was absolutely amazing from the opening paragraph I was hooked. Short Ride to Hell is fast paced with violent tendencies. I became invested in this book and could not wait to find out how it ended. Believe me when I say you will be extremely shocked at the ending.
4.5 stars

The blurb actually tells the opening lines of this book and they sucked me in immediately. Brantley Colton has nothing to lose, literally. He has been through hell and he only has one goal and that’s to find someone who took away a person he was very close to. The reader is not privy to the whys and the hows of this goal until a little bit into the story, but when we are, it all becomes clear – and understandable.

'There was no motivation of robbery of the victims, the women had been raped, and anything other than a sexually based crime to motivate the murder had been eliminated.'

There is a serial killer going from state to state kidnapping women, holding them for days at a time, killing them, and then dumping the bodies as he goes on to another state to find another victim. Colton is searching for this killer for reasons I won’t disclose in this review, as that would be too telling. I will state that my heart broke more than a little when his reasons became known.

Then there is John Reston, an FBI profiler who has been on the search for the same serial killer. John Reston isn’t aware of Colton, but Colton is very much aware of him. The question is who will find the killer first? The seasoned FBI agent or the so-called average citizen who is out for vigilante justice?

Short Ride to Hell is three stories in one. The reader is taken into the minds and lives of Brantley Colton, John Reston and the actual serial killer. You are right there with all three men. Colton, who must do some things he might not have done in his previous life, and who will go to great lengths to get justice for someone he loved dearly. In the journey, he’s forced to do things he’s not proud of but are necessary in the grand scheme of things. John Reston, who has been seeking the murderer for months with very little evidence to be found. The serial killer, whose atrocities are described in enough detail to make the reader flinch a time or two.

“How could grief be so overwhelming?” he wondered. Every single soul suffered grief in their life, yet those people picked themselves up, dusted themselves off and moved forward with a strength Colton seemed not to possess.

The serial killer is brutal. He stalks, he kidnaps, he brutalizes for days at a time and then he kills. His reasoning is described quite graphically, as are the brutalities inflicted on the women and the killings. Keep this in mind before reading this book. It’s very disturbing in some places.

There is a lot I want to stay about this book but I’m unable to do so because typing too much would give a lot away. I won’t do that because I wouldn’t have wanted anything spoiled for me. However, I will say that it’s an outstanding book that had me rushing through the pages to see what would be happening next. I felt the fear and pain of the victims. I cringed over the attitude and actions of the killer. I felt sympathy for Colton and was hoping throughout that he would be the one to find the killer first – when I should have been hoping to see justice served by the FBI agent.

The ending was a surprise and I can definitely say I didn’t see it coming. I don’t believe I could have predicted a better resolution for this book. I am now invested in Colton’s world and I am eager to see where he goes from here.

Note that this is not a romance, though there are quite a few sexual situations (both het and gay).

Overall, an outstanding book. I am a huge fan of thrillers and Rodd Clark delivered in Short Ride to Hell. It’s fast-paced, violent, and brilliantly written. Exactly my type of book, as those of you who read my reviews are aware. ) I am eager to jump into A Cache of Killers, the second Brantley Colton mystery.

Review originally published on ontopdownunderbookreviews.com.
I quit reading a few pages in. Depressing start with Colton thinking about how horrible his life is, that he killed someone, etc. Colton is chasing a serial killer of young women and picking up young men in bars. Reston, an FBI agent is chasing Colton.

I doubt I will try to finish this. Might be interested in other works by this author.
Remember, this is my personal opinion and does not reflect on the author.
Just finished Short Ride to Help. This was a gripping story told through three characters eyes. Lot of character development. You really get to know them. This was a good read.
“Many are strong at the broken places.” Author Rodd Clark lifts his epilogue from Hemingway, and it fits several of the characters in this spare, haunting crime thriller.

SHORT RIDE TO HELL is the story of killers, and survivors Brantley Colton, a walking dead man, is stalking a serial killer. Karen Whitten is an unpretentious waitress who by novel’s end has begun to see deep into the soul of two men. Rust Eyler is an unrelenting murderer, broken in all the wrong places. John Reston is a cold-eyed FBI profiler with instincts sharp as a knife edge.

All four of these people move around each other in a slow dance; three of them meet at last in a gripping thriller whose plot is best raveled out not here, but by the reader. True to his instincts, Clark is able to push a tale almost to the breaking point. His most recurrent words in this present work seem to be “broken” and “void.” And yet there is a tenderness here too, teased out by the sympathetic character Karen who once feared she might be a wall flower. But in the deep heart of the writer, she becomes a “shy flower” in the “sweet grass.”

I would be remiss not to mention the seeming lack of a skilled editor in the present work. I think a re-release and new editor would only enhance this brilliant writer’s reputation as a creator of remarkable criminals. I give the novel five stars for its memorable portrait of men in the grip of crazed passion, in words that gnaw at the gut.