The Groomer

De: Jon Athan

Narrado por: Harry Roger Williams III

Andrew McCarthy grows concerned for his family after he catches a young man, Zachary Denton, photographing his daughter, Grace McCarthy, and other children at a park. To his dismay, Zachary talks his way out of trouble when he’s confronted by the police. He hopes that’s the end of it. Then he finds Zachary at a diner and then at a grocery store. He knows their encounters aren't coincidences. And just as Andrew prepares to defend his family, Grace vanishes.

As the police search stalls and the leads dry up, Andrew decides to take matters into his own hands. He starts by searching for sex offenders in the area and researching enhanced interrogation techniques.... He convinces himself he’ll do anything to rescue his daughter, unaware of the pure evil he'll face in his journey. He’s willing to hurt - to torture - anyone to save his family.

Jon Athan, the author of Into the Wolves’ Den and The Abuse of Ashley Collins, delves into the underworld of internet predators in this disturbing horror novel. Are your children safe?

WARNING: This book contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised.

©2020 Jonathan Sixtos (P)2021 Jonathan Sixtos

What horror is really out there for our children.

Disturbing and sometimes hard hear as far as content. But after listening to this book. I would like to help and sign petitions to invoke stricter laws on pedophilia. We need to protect our youth.

so disturbing and something every parent should read

Jesus! as a 37 year old whose been watching SVU since I was 9 and consumed all types of true crime, this book was hard to get through. I saw a bunch of different people posting about it in a book club from FB and thought I'd give it a go. I was blow away with how gruesome it is and how much it affected me. I was nearly physically ill during multiple parts. the hardest part is knowing that things like this really do happen. its very important parents are talking with their kids about the dangers the internet poses and what could happen.

the realness is horrifying!

Have you ever read a book that made you look around and go "wait... the world is this messed up, I should be more concerned?"

If you haven't, this is that book. This story made me re-think all of the things my children do on a daily basis. It was horrifying... in the best way possible of course.

Some people will read the title and see the cover and wonder why anyone reads things like this. The answer? Simply, to feel something. The feelings this story invoked were incredibly powerful, and enough to truly make you reasses the world around you.

Jon did an incredible job writing this heart wrenching story.

The truth behind what’s happening in the world

Overall powerful cutthroat book.. if you can’t stomach the truth, don’t listen very raw and uncut.

Blew my mind

My first splatterpunk/extreme horror and my mind was blown. Almost had to stop but pushed through and I’m glad I did. Definitely an eye opener.

wow

absolutely horrifying but it teaches you that pedophiles can be anyone. fantastic ending. I advise reading this in small spurts as it's very graphic.

Sickenly Disturbing

This book is not for the faint of heart. There were many times I legitimately thought I was going to puke from the imagery. That being said, I stuck it out til the end and I’m glad that I did.

Creepy

Kept my interest. Even when I didn’t want to finish book. But a good read

Hard

This was a hard read but still a good one, it's almost like a true crime novel

outstanding! I couldn't put it down

Ok... So I just finished The Groomer. And it was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend you give it a read, please be advised there are some major trigger warnings to this book do not take them lightly. If you cannot handle severe child abuse or gore, this is not the book for you. Without spoiling the book, it is the perfect combination of true crime and splatterpunk. Athan's way of describing is a true art form! The true crime junky and splatterpunk fan in me loved everything about this book, but the mother in me hated it because it made everything so real.