Category: Book Reviews
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The Invisible Woman – by James P. Blaylock
The bright spring weather in Old Orange is deceptive, with dark undercurrents shifting beneath the surface of the busy lives of Jane and Jerry Larkin. Jerry is restoring an old boarding house, exposing its dark history, and Jane’s busy Co-op is victimized by malicious mischief that grows more mailicious by the day. Their troubles roil…
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Dark Addendums – by Richard Daniels
Five tales from the world of the Occultaria of Albion.The Occultaria of Albion explores encounters of the the paranormal, the supernatural and the strange. Seance On A TrainFour individuals: a clairvoyant, a grieving husband, a journalist and a paranormal investigator, come together for the purpose of a seance. The trainline they are on is known…
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You – by Caroline Kepnes
When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works, he is instantly smitten. But there’s more to Joe than Beck realises and much more to Beck than her perfect facade. And the obsessive relationship quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences… A chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit, Caroline Kepnes’ You is a…
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Grey – by Ian Rogers
The Guf stands empty. The last human soul in all of existence has been stolen by the Devil and his children, the Seven Deadly Sins, and humanity’s end is in sight. With no other choice, God enlists Heaven’s hatchet man— an entity called Grey that is neither angel nor demon—to retrieve the soul and save…
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes – by Clay McLeod Chapman
Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reckoning” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah…
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Tales Nocturnal – by Tim Foley
This collection of uncanny tales invites us into a world where a subtle frisson awaits, a world where the sense that something is chillingly wrong lurks just beneath the familiar rituals of everyday life. A classic muscle car hides a dark, secret history. The shade of a lonely bride broods in a hotel room, longing…
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Grey – by Ian Rogers
The Guf stands empty. The last human soul in all of existence has been stolen by the Devil and his children, the Seven Deadly Sins, and humanity’s end is in sight. With no other choice, God enlists Heaven’s hatchet man— an entity called Grey that is neither angel nor demon—to retrieve the soul and save…
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Becoming David – by Phil Sloman
Richard leads a simple, uncomplicated life in the suburbs of London where anonymity is a virtue. His life has a routine. His cleaner visits twice a week. He works out in his basement, where he occasionally he kills people. Everything is as Richard wants it until David enters his life. What happens next changes his…
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To Those Willing to Drown – by Mark Matthews
When Jewel Jordan dies from cancer, her father’s wish is to scatter the ashes inside their beloved Torch Lake. But after the grieving mother hears her daughter’s voice coming from inside the urn, how can she let the ashes go? Especially after a mysterious pastor begs her to keep them and promises to reunite her with…
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Blood Cypress – by Elizabeth Broadbent
No one cares when Lila Carson’s ten-year-old brother Beau disappears. He can’t speak. He throws tantrums. He’s a useless Carson, one of those kids in a broken-shuttered house that lost its glory when his father died. When the sheriff and his good ol’ boy deputies show up to investigate, they eye up Lila and call…
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