The novel All These Bodies is about murder, mystery, and the Midwest. Written by New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake, known for her series The Three Dark Crowns, it is a page-turning novel about how sixteen murders changed Michael Jenson’s life.

16-year-old Michael Jenson’s life is upended when a serial killer comes to his small town in Minnesota. The Vampire Murderer has been making a way across the Midwest.  After hearing about the dead bodies being drained of all blood, the people of the Plains are scared and looking for answers. When the murders suddenly come to the small town of Black Deer Falls, it leads Michael to find Marie Catherine Hale. She is the only person to be found at a crime scene alive …She is the only one ever to survive the Vampire Murderer.

Kendare Blake does a great job of keeping you on your toes and reading until the last page. You get so invested in Marie Cathrine Hale’s story that it feels like you’re there listening to her tell it to Michael.  

For fast readers, it is an interesting book that you can read in between series. For slow readers, it keeps you interested and is never boring. Anybody who wants to read a murder mystery or is just looking for a good novel, this book is for you.