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The Devil Aspect

A Novel

by Craig Russell
Julian Rhind-Tutt
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Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down.
"A wildly entertaining story...Russell has created a truly frightening story." —The New York Times Book Review
Czechoslovakia, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a newly trained psychiatrist who studied under Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle surrounded by forests, on a site that is well known for concealing dark secrets going back many centuries. The asylum houses six inmates—the country's most treacherous killers—known to the terrified public as the Devil's Six. Viktor intends to use a new medical technique to prove that these patients share a common archetype of evil, a phenomenon he calls The Devil Aspect. Yet as he begins to learn the stunning secrets of these patients, he must face the unnerving possibility that these six may share a darker truth.
Meanwhile, in Prague, fear grips the city as a phantom serial killer emerges in the dark alleys. Police investigator Lukas Smolak, desperate to locate the culprit (a copycat of Jack the Ripper), turns to Viktor and the doctors at Hrad Orlu for their expertise with the psychotic criminal mind. And Viktor finds himself wrapped up in a case more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.

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  • Release date

    March 5, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781984841025
      • File size: 443136 KB
      • Duration: 15:23:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Julian Rhind-Tutt narrates this horrific story of serial killers who are inhabited by the devil. It's 1935 in German-occupied Prague. Jungian psychiatrist Viktor Kos�rek is working at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane, where he is interviewing six serial killers. At the same time, police investigator Lukas Smolak seeks the serial killer dubbed Leather Apron, who is imitating Jack the Ripper's murders. Rhind-Tutt uses a variety of British accents for the characters, varies his intonation for narrative and dialogue, and switches seamlessly between German, Czech, and other Slavic languages. He does swallow the ends of sentences and frequently drop his voice for dialogue while booming out narrative. Still, the story--replete with folklore and vivid scenes of murder most heinous, all sparked by the devil within--is compelling. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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