D.A. Watson

Watson doesn’t beat around the bush. The language and the setting are historically appropriate, a detail that never fails to cheer me up: watered-down or censored versions of history may be fine and dandy for some, just not for me. Accuracy is the name of the game here, what I value the most in a story like this one, and accuracy is what I got. Sweet.

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"If you don't deal with your demons, they'll deal with you. And it's gonna hurt. - Nikki Sixx"

Aldo, Ross and Luce make up the band Public Alibi and all have painful memories in their past that are not discussed. When they receive a once in a lifetime chance to finally sign a record deal that seems too good to be true, they discover there is a deadly price they have to pay.

Gappa Bale, record producer for Easy Rollin Records, is not who he seems. His suave and handsome demeanor is a facade for something dangerous and unnatural.

"Fear sharpens the senses", Bale says, "It brings the world into focus. No man is more alive than when he is afraid."

Wow! The plot is a very unique horror story centered around music with a clever and eerie connection between famous musicians' deaths. The characters are well-developed as the story is told by Aldo, Ross and Luce. Watson's shrewd play on words--"his big teeth like white marble gravestones"--harbors dread throughout the book and is very effective adding to the fear and uneasiness of what is to come.

Cuttin' Heads is about 3 lost souls who conquer their fears and make the most important decision of their lives. The astonishing finale was unexpected but fitting. If you love music, plot twists, and horror stories, this book is for you. It is a book I will not soon forget.

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