Meikle really is a maestro of fear. He knows how to add just the right notes, when to increase the tempo, when to crescendo to a furious pace, all while captivating his audience with a perfect production. Infestation has everything I love in a read. A tight plot. Interesting and believable characters. Realistic dialogueContinue reading “Infestation – William Meikle”
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Halloween Carnival Volume Three
The third installment in the Halloween Carnival series. McBride’s is the anchor in this installment, but newcomers, Armstrong and Grant, give nice little additions as well. Let’s get right into them: The Way Lost – Kelley Armstrong Every year, in the town of Franklin, a child disappears. No one talks about it andContinue reading “Halloween Carnival Volume Three”
The Girl Next Door – Jack Ketchum
Ketchum was a man way ahead of his time. In 1989, he wrote The Girl Next Door. There was nothing on the shelves remotely like it by other authors. There was nothing as brutal, as gut-wrenching, or emotionally draining as The Girl Next Door. This kind of fiction wouldn’t see the light of dayContinue reading “The Girl Next Door – Jack Ketchum”
Episodes of Violence – David Bernstein
I absolutely blew through Bernstein’s Episodes of Violence. I literally couldn’t put it down. There was just something about this tale that sickened me and rocked me to my core. After taking some time between finishing it and writing this review, I believe it’s simply that the story of these teenage losers going aroundContinue reading “Episodes of Violence – David Bernstein”
Something Violent – Kristopher Rufty
Dr Phil meets Natural Born Killers. Sound like an odd combination? It totally works in Rufty’s Something Violent. When Jody and Seth are out on their killing sprees, they are all business. But their marriage has hit the rocks. Where do the serial killers turn to when they can’t fix their marriage on theirContinue reading “Something Violent – Kristopher Rufty”
Into The Macabre 