It's sometimes hard to branch out. We all have our favorite authors, favorite genres. I'm no different. But since starting this blog, I realized that I owe it to my audience to try new things and look through the general section of the library a bit more often.
In keeping with that idea, I discovered a wonderful author who I might have missed otherwise.
Heather Graham writes ghost stories. And while I love scary stories, I've not read an actual ghost story for a long time.
Haunted is a wonderful blend of haunted house and mystery and a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Darcy is a paranormal investigator whose gift came after her close friend died in a car accident. The story takes some interesting twists and turns. While I thought I had the 'bad' guy pegged about half-way through, there were enough red herrings that I wasn't 100% sure until the end.
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
The Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul
John Saul knows how to write a chilling book. The Manhattan Hunt Club opens with a brutal attack on a woman. The man who tried to help her, Jeff Converse, was falsely accused and is wrongly convicted. His sentence is light, only nine months. On his way to Riker’s Island, the van Jeff is riding in is hit and someone pulls him out of the van and sends him into the tunnels.
Jeff is then shoved into a cell with a serial killing crazy who doesn’t remember his killings. Meanwhile his father and girlfriend, neither believing the official story of his death, join forces to try to find him. Taking place in the subterranean world of New York City, the effect is a cold and dark world. Jeff and Jagger, the serial killer, are told that they are going to be in a hunt...as prey. If they can get to the surface, they will live.
The odds are stacked against them. And the hunters are coming.
The Manhattan Hunt Club touches on an interesting array of themes and politics, from the homeless (or houseless) to vigilante justice. But it’s done with such finesse that the themes don’t overshadow the entertainment value the book has to offer.
The idea might be familiar, but the treatment is unique. Somewhere between mystery and horror, The Manhattan Hunt Club is a great read!
(Links will take you off site to Amazon...)
Jeff is then shoved into a cell with a serial killing crazy who doesn’t remember his killings. Meanwhile his father and girlfriend, neither believing the official story of his death, join forces to try to find him. Taking place in the subterranean world of New York City, the effect is a cold and dark world. Jeff and Jagger, the serial killer, are told that they are going to be in a hunt...as prey. If they can get to the surface, they will live.
The odds are stacked against them. And the hunters are coming.
The Manhattan Hunt Club touches on an interesting array of themes and politics, from the homeless (or houseless) to vigilante justice. But it’s done with such finesse that the themes don’t overshadow the entertainment value the book has to offer.
The idea might be familiar, but the treatment is unique. Somewhere between mystery and horror, The Manhattan Hunt Club is a great read!
(Links will take you off site to Amazon...)
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