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Electric Green Mambas
In this terrifying psychological thriller with occult overtones, Scott Brody, a Los Angeles PI, is hired by Evelyn Martin to find her missing brother Tyler Keogh, a well-to-do aerospace engineer and a member of the local Mensa board of directors. As Brody conducts his search, he keeps discovering victims of a serial killer who leaves clues connecting him to a hopped-up cult that collects Nazi SS Totenkopf memorabilia and worships Li Grande Zombi, a voodoo snake god. Fearing Keogh might be next on the killer’s hit list targeting the entire LA Mensa board of directors, Brody rushes to find Keogh before the killer.
Meanwhile, Brody suspects the serial killer has cast a voodoo curse on him to keep him from accomplishing his mission by inducing in him ghastly hallucinations. Brody must separate fact from fiction to arrive at the shocking truth.
Will Brody find Keogh in time to save Keogh’s life? Or will Brody become another victim of the serial killer?
Meanwhile, Brody suspects the serial killer has cast a voodoo curse on him to keep him from accomplishing his mission by inducing in him ghastly hallucinations. Brody must separate fact from fiction to arrive at the shocking truth.
Will Brody find Keogh in time to save Keogh’s life? Or will Brody become another victim of the serial killer?
- GenresFiction
300 pages, Paperback
Published November 13, 2021
About the author
Bryan Cassiday
61 books213 followersAward-winning author Bryan Cassiday writes thrillers and horror fiction. His novel Horde (Zombie Apocalypse: The Chad Halverson Series Book 6) won the 2022 Independent Press Award and the 2021 American Fiction Award for Best Horror novel. His novel Electric Green Mambas was a Finalist in the Reader Views Award for Thrillers 2021-22. His short story "Boxed" was published in the anthology Shadows and Teeth Volume Two, which won both the 2017 International Book Award for best adult horror fiction anthology and the Florida Association of Publishers and Authors President's Award gold medal for best adult horror fiction anthology 2017.
"A bracing page-turner with an unconventional hero."--Kirkus Reviews on Bryan's thriller Murder LLC
His thrillers include the psychological thriller The Payout and the Ethan Carr thriller Force of Impact, which Kirkus Reviews called "A fast-paced detective novel enhanced by exceptional characters and a striking ending."
Praise for Bryan Cassiday's Thriller Bolt
“From the very start, Bryan Cassiday spins what appears to be a typical Southern Californian private investigation novel in Bolt, but quickly takes off in a direction that speaks to our current troubled times. Well-plotted and crisply written, with great characterization, this is one to look for.”--Brendan DuBois, coauthor with James Patterson of The Cornwalls Are Gone.
"Noir suspense at its best! Private eyes, hit men, globe-trotting, and characters you don't know whether you can trust or not. Fans of James Ellroy, Dennis Lehane, and Fredrick Forsyth will love Bolt!"--Matthew Farrell, best-selling author of What Have You Done
Praise for Bryan Cassiday's Zombie Books
"The plot engages from the beginning and holds the reader's interest until the last page."--The Booklife Prize on Horde
"Cassiday blends thoughtful suspense and pulse-pounding terror to deliver a novel with both bite and creeping dread."--David Dunwoody, author of Empire and The Harvest Cycle
"Written with the epic scope of World War Z and infused with the gritty spook works derring-do of a Robert Ludlum spy thriller, Sanctuary in Steel is full of zombie mayhem through and through."--Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Flesh Eaters and Inheritance
"Sanctuary in Steel made me feel like I did the first time I watched Romero. Fresh, exciting and engaging like any outbreak story should be."--Iain McKinnon, author of Domain of the Dead
"A bracing page-turner with an unconventional hero."--Kirkus Reviews on Bryan's thriller Murder LLC
His thrillers include the psychological thriller The Payout and the Ethan Carr thriller Force of Impact, which Kirkus Reviews called "A fast-paced detective novel enhanced by exceptional characters and a striking ending."
Praise for Bryan Cassiday's Thriller Bolt
“From the very start, Bryan Cassiday spins what appears to be a typical Southern Californian private investigation novel in Bolt, but quickly takes off in a direction that speaks to our current troubled times. Well-plotted and crisply written, with great characterization, this is one to look for.”--Brendan DuBois, coauthor with James Patterson of The Cornwalls Are Gone.
"Noir suspense at its best! Private eyes, hit men, globe-trotting, and characters you don't know whether you can trust or not. Fans of James Ellroy, Dennis Lehane, and Fredrick Forsyth will love Bolt!"--Matthew Farrell, best-selling author of What Have You Done
Praise for Bryan Cassiday's Zombie Books
"The plot engages from the beginning and holds the reader's interest until the last page."--The Booklife Prize on Horde
"Cassiday blends thoughtful suspense and pulse-pounding terror to deliver a novel with both bite and creeping dread."--David Dunwoody, author of Empire and The Harvest Cycle
"Written with the epic scope of World War Z and infused with the gritty spook works derring-do of a Robert Ludlum spy thriller, Sanctuary in Steel is full of zombie mayhem through and through."--Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Flesh Eaters and Inheritance
"Sanctuary in Steel made me feel like I did the first time I watched Romero. Fresh, exciting and engaging like any outbreak story should be."--Iain McKinnon, author of Domain of the Dead
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January 28, 2022
“Electric Green Mambas” by award-winning writer Bryan Cassiday is a dark, chilling novel steeped in psychological drama and the occult. Evelyn Martin hires an L.A. private eye named Scott Brody to locate her genius brother, Tyler, who has gone missing. Tyler is on the L.A. Mensa board of directors (i.e.., the High-IQ society) and is an aerospace engineer. During his investigation, Brody discovers that the victims of an active serial killer all belong to the Mensa organization. (Enter a cult that worships a wooden serpent god called Li Grande Zombi.)
Brody assumes Tyler could be the killer’s next victim. It’s a race against time as Brody tries to locate Tyler before the killer does. The plot darkens as Brody comes to believe that the murderer has placed him under a terrifying hallucinogenic voodoo curse in order to stop him from finding Tyler. What is real and what is imaginary? This is what Brody has to determine before he falls victim to the hands of pure evil.
Cassiday flexes his writing muscles in this imaginative and clever psychological thriller. It has everything you want in a dark drama draped in horror: mysterious plot, bloodthirsty killer, victims to save, and a protagonist who is not only invested in finding the killer, but who may be a target, himself. If you are brave enough, immerse yourself in this world of deadly serpents and voodoo worship, and you won’t be disappointed. This author wastes no time getting into the “meat” of the plot, and leads you through this mental maze with skill and precise talent. The pace is energetic, the characters intriguing, the dialog dynamic—it feels more like a movie than a novel, and you’ll love every second of it!
I like that Cassiday strings you along, not serving it to you all at once. And I like that his characters are imperfect, multidimensional, and relatable. Parts of this novel are more visceral and intense than others, but all lead to a satisfying end. You don’t know what lies around the corner…ever. Brody is a well-drawn character, very human in his thought processes and reactions, including confusion and self-doubt.
Fans of the first “True Detective” installment, take notice. If you like feeling unnerved as you read, you will love “Electric Green Mambas!”
Brody assumes Tyler could be the killer’s next victim. It’s a race against time as Brody tries to locate Tyler before the killer does. The plot darkens as Brody comes to believe that the murderer has placed him under a terrifying hallucinogenic voodoo curse in order to stop him from finding Tyler. What is real and what is imaginary? This is what Brody has to determine before he falls victim to the hands of pure evil.
Cassiday flexes his writing muscles in this imaginative and clever psychological thriller. It has everything you want in a dark drama draped in horror: mysterious plot, bloodthirsty killer, victims to save, and a protagonist who is not only invested in finding the killer, but who may be a target, himself. If you are brave enough, immerse yourself in this world of deadly serpents and voodoo worship, and you won’t be disappointed. This author wastes no time getting into the “meat” of the plot, and leads you through this mental maze with skill and precise talent. The pace is energetic, the characters intriguing, the dialog dynamic—it feels more like a movie than a novel, and you’ll love every second of it!
I like that Cassiday strings you along, not serving it to you all at once. And I like that his characters are imperfect, multidimensional, and relatable. Parts of this novel are more visceral and intense than others, but all lead to a satisfying end. You don’t know what lies around the corner…ever. Brody is a well-drawn character, very human in his thought processes and reactions, including confusion and self-doubt.
Fans of the first “True Detective” installment, take notice. If you like feeling unnerved as you read, you will love “Electric Green Mambas!”
September 3, 2021
I did what you should never do. I picked this book because of the cover and the name. Sometimes it works and this was one of those times. Someone is killing Mensa 's directors and two PI's have been hired by two different people to figure out why and more importantly, who. I liked the two private investigators who are very
different from each other but keep running into each other at murder sites. Nether one trusts anyone, even each other.
Well written and appropriate for teens and adults.
I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.
different from each other but keep running into each other at murder sites. Nether one trusts anyone, even each other.
Well written and appropriate for teens and adults.
I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.
July 8, 2023
You need a better copy editor
I'm not going to go on a out what the book is about. Didn't like it. Didn't like the characters. I know some people go on about spelling and grammar. I have just one. Every single time the word kidnapping, kidnapped or kidnapper is used, there is only one P instead of 2. Wouldn't be that big a deal except half the people in the book get kidnapped. Kinda pulls you out of the story, even if you don't like it. When my tablet can correct the spelling, why can't the editing program?
I'm not going to go on a out what the book is about. Didn't like it. Didn't like the characters. I know some people go on about spelling and grammar. I have just one. Every single time the word kidnapping, kidnapped or kidnapper is used, there is only one P instead of 2. Wouldn't be that big a deal except half the people in the book get kidnapped. Kinda pulls you out of the story, even if you don't like it. When my tablet can correct the spelling, why can't the editing program?
November 1, 2021
The story moved at a good pace with an imaginative plot
May 13, 2022
Great read. Enjoyed the plot and characters
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews