A very good haunted house story. Strong, well-paced character development, and a well-constructed plot carries us suspense-fully through to a satisfying ending. This is not a blood and gore type horror story, but the tension builds beautifully until the blood and depravity we do see is sufficient.
A writer from New York returns to his home town to help look for his missing nephew. The teen is apparently the victim of a serial killer. The nephew's story revolves around a haunted house, where a girl had been murdered by her father, another serial killer.
The portrayal of the boy's family problems and the characters around town adds a level of reality to the story that makes the supernatural events both more believable and spooky. The mix of 'human' and 'supernatural' evil also makes this a thinking person's horror novel.
Well worth the read.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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