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Someone is stalking webcam models.

He lurks in the untouchable recesses of the black web.

He's watching you. Right now.

When watching is no longer enough, he comes calling.

He's the last thing you'll ever see before the blood gets in your eyes.

Chicago Homicide Detective Tom Mankowski (The List, Haunted House) is no stranger to homicidal maniacs. But this one is the worst he's ever chased, with an agenda that will make even the most diehard horror reader turn on all their lights, and switch off all Internet, wifi, computers, and electronic devices.

Jack Kilborn reaches down into the depths of depravity and drags the terror novel kicking and cyber-screaming into the 21st century.

WEBCAM
I'm texting you from inside your closet. Wanna play? :)

ABOUT THE KONRATH HORROR COLLECTIVE
The Konrath Horror Collective is not a series. It's an ongoing collection of horror and technothriller novels that can each be read as a standalone. Some feature characters who appear in more than one story.

If you are a more sensitive (or adventurous) reader, the Konrath scale rates specific categories from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to give you some idea if this is your kind of book.

WEBCAM by JA KONRATH
Scary - 8
Violent - 7
Funny - 4
Sexy - 5
Crossover - Characters from WEBCAM appear in THE LIST and HAUNTED HOUSE

This book was previously published under the pen name Jack Kilborn.

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The books in The Konrath Horror Collective can be read in any order, and contain no spoilers for other titles. They also crossover with Konrath's Jack Daniels thriller series. Konrath has sold more than two million books worldwide.

BOOKS IN THE KONRATH HORROR COLLECTIVE

THE LIST - A Technothriller (Book 1 in The Collective)

ORIGIN - A Technothriller (Book 2 in The Collective)

AFRAID - A Novel of Terror (Book 3 in The Collective)

TRAPPED - A Novel of Terror (Book 4 in The Collective)

ENDURANCE - A Novel of Terror (Book 5 in The Collective)

HAUNTED HOUSE - A Novel of Terror (Book 6 in The Collective)

WEBCAM - A Novel of Terror (Book 7 in The Collective)

DISTURB - A Medical Thriller (Book 8 in The Collective)

THE GREYS - A Novel of Terror (Book 9 in The Collective, coming soon)

THE NINE - A Technothriller (Book 10 in The Collective, coming soon)

SECOND COMING - A Technothriller (Book 11 in The Collective, coming soon)

BOOKS IN THE KONRATH HORROR COLLECTIVE CO-WRITTEN WITH OTHER AUTHORS
DRACULAS with Blake Crouch, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson

HOLES IN THE GROUND with Iain Rob Wright

SERIAL KILLERS UNCUT with Blake Crouch

About the Author

Jack Kilborn is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Afraid and Trapped. As J. A. Konrath, he is the author of the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries. He has won the Derringer Award and the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award. Jack lives in Illinois.

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Publication Date: April 15, 2016
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Language: English
ASIN: B01CVWSXCQ
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,857 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #136 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Suspense > Horror
- #841 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Horror
- #1061 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror

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Michael Hicks

A Decent Time-Killer

April 19, 2016

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Let me get this out of the way first - I liked WEBCAM, even if I did find myself ultimately disappointed. It's a far from perfect read for me, but I don't feel like my time was completely wasted. Hence, the three-star rating. To explain why I was disappointed will take some doing, so here goes.

Jack Kilborn is JA Konrath's go-to pseudonym for horror books, and they're usually billed as "A Novel Of Terror." Such books have included Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, Haunted House, and (I think) a few others. For me, Afraid has stood at the top of these offerings and is the pinnacle of Kilborn's efforts. The sequence listed above also carries with it a certain staple that I expect in a Kilborn book - primarily intense, squirm-inducing violence that is graphically rendered, and a whole bucketfuls of spilled blood, guts, and gore. The villains are bat-shit crazy psychotics, occasionally of the inbred variety, and the good guys are normal people caught up in unexpected horrors that are way, way, way over their heads.

In WEBCAM, a nutjob is killing webcam models. Given the endless stream of horror that pretty much is the Internet these days, this seems like perfect fodder for some Kilborn scares. Unfortunately, much of what I dug in previous Kilborn books are sorely lacking here. I didn't find myself squirming uncomfortably as I did back in the days when Afraid and Trapped hit my Kindle, and it seems like more than a little stretch of the imagination to call this a Novel Of Terror since there's not actually much real terror in it. At least not for my tastes.

What WEBCAM is, though, is a fairly standard but mostly well-delivered serial killer police procedural that feels more like a high-tech, watered-down retread of the movie Seven than a straight-up fright fest. Things run smoothly for the most part, although I found the relationship between lead character Detective Tom Mankowski and his visiting long-distance girlfriend grew weary rather quickly. And the finale is more concerned with shoehorning in Konrath's long-running series staple, Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, and adding in a few unnecessary layers to the story's end all in the name of developing a cross-over with a few other newly released Konrath titles. The climax is rushed to an abrupt and unsatisfying finish, as if the author grew bored with the material or was running up against a hard, self-imposed deadline.

On the bright side, WEBCAM is certainly a decent time-killer, and it does have a few cat-and-mouse thrills in it, along with a few chuckles here and there. And that cover design is absolutely brilliant!

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K. A. Y.

Not all terror, but the beginning starts out strong...

May 22, 2016

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WEBCAM--A Novel of Terror, by Jack Kilborn (J.A. Konrath) is a stand-alone novel that occurs simultaneously with two of the author's other novels--crossing over into at least one of them fully towards the end.

In the beginning, I really had some high hopes for this novel. While I felt the villain was predictable (and figured out the who/why part at about 25% into the book), the scenes were still enough to make you pause, and the gore/violence was sufficient for horror fans. Throughout it all, "Kilborn's" trademark humor in dark situations was in top form.

The few problems I, personally, had with WEBCAM were: the author's linking of his other novels throughout the e-book version (I just felt that was a tacky marketing technique that he's been using as of late); the romance between two characters took up way too much of the novel--taking away from the "terror" that we were supposed to be feeling, and thereby lessening it; multiple editorial errors; the fact that part of the novel repeated some of the EXACT SAME SCENES as another (that I had just read from him last month); and the ultimate ending felt extremely anticlimactic--as if he just threw it together in a few minutes because he had gotten bored with the story, himself.

Why the three stars then? The overall idea behind it was something that made me think "what if...". Also, as mentioned above, Kilborn's dark humor and scenes of torture were still present, making the first half or more of the novel very interesting. Without the repetition of scenes from the other novel, and a stronger ending (that had more to do with the actual villain and characters), I could have seen this as a 3.5 at least.

I hope that Kilborn/Konrath doesn't continue to add links to other books of his in future titles, and abandons the idea of "linked" story timeframes as well.

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Bree Zee

scary - and not just for the horror

November 9, 2017

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Konrath makes your heart pound and the creepy factor that climbs up your spine isn't simply because of the plot. His books make you wonder...is this possible? And what's really frightening is the answer is yes.

The story in WebCam is just that: possible. While it wasn't as gruesome as some of his other tales, I still found the tension high and the writing incredible. He builds fantastic characters though I dislike that I've ended up reading the books out of sequence because sometimes I know the outcome of other books before I can get time to read them. The series intertwine a bit, so the "will this character survive or not" aspect of some books is not as strong. I usually want the character to survive so it's ok with me overall. And I keep reading so that's the tell-all.

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Craig N. Heon

Freaky.

I love JA Konrath novels, and the more I read them, the darker and Freakier they get. I'll continue, but they are dark and graphic.

Published 2 months ago

Sambroz69

Good read, much tamer

Good read, not as savage as the prior novels in this series. Introduces characters from the Jack Daniels series, inviting the reader to come along once they finish this series.

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Very good read, great use of technology

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michelle

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Jen R

Not for me

I love Jack Kilborn's books. The Afraid books are some of my all time favorites. So that is the kind of story I was expecting from this book.Read more

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Great story, but the"torture porn" is unsettling

Would have scored the book higher, if it wasn't for the graphical detail. If you don't mind that, you will enjoy the book. Great story, pacing etc, I'm just a bit squeamish...

Published 5 months ago

Marc

Riveting novel

Another great read by Kilborn. I have read every book in this collective and truly can't wait for the upcoming ones.Read more

Published 6 months ago

Christine

Really quick, fun, read

I would've rated this higher but he has so many better books! (Trapped) This book is awesome though. Its fun enough and disturbing enough. Perfect for a quick read.

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Jim Dandy

Good read

Konrath is a great writer. I love all his books and they keep you into the story from the first page. I buy any of his books I can.

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