Publisher: Immortal Ink Publishing
Pages: 290
Source: Review Copy form the author
Genre: Adult, Literary Horror
From
Goodreads:
Young
reporter Jill Duport returns to Belcorte, Pennsylvania, intending to sell the
Victorian house that once belonged to her grandparents—the house where her
grandfather allegedly mutilated and murdered a teenage girl. The house where he
committed suicide.
The mystery
surrounding the murder-suicide traps Jill in this small town in the Pocono
Mountains. Knowing her grandfather was thought of as a serial killer by some is
not enough for Jill. She wants to know why, twenty years after his death, the
murders have continued.
What was
her grandfather’s connection to the sadistic madman known as the Indianhead
Reservoir Killer?
As Jill
unravels the mystery of her grandfather, she draws herself closer to the
killer, who has waited for decades to unleash his vengeance on Belcorte. His
female victims are vessels for his feral children, and when Jill unknowingly
enters his furtive lair, he decides to put in motion his sadistic plan to
destroy the town.
My
Thoughts:
If you
were to look at the labels for my books on Goodreads, you would find
that I’ve read very little horror.
This is not because I don’t like horror. It is because there is very little horror that I find to be
good, and actually finish. I grew up on a farm in Indiana. We lived in the 100+ year old farmhouse
that had been my great-grandmother’s before she passed away. It was a house that she claimed was
haunted. I grew up in that old house watching horror shows. You know the ones that had you
screaming at the character to do something, or not do something and they did
THEIR OWN thing which always caused a problem. That is what this
type of book is like. Classic Horror. This it the type of book anyone who
LOVES horror will want to read. It
transported me back to those late Friday or Saturday nights when I would sit up
alone watching those shows that would scare me so much I wouldn’t want to leave
my chair to go to bed. That is
what this book did for me, and yes I read it at night. The author sets the tone for the
book from the very beginning with his description of Belacort,
Pennsylvania. The town felt so
real that I actually googled it to see if it existed. His description of the town sets you on
edge and keeps you there. The
characters are believable. You
have real people who have real problems that you can identify with. Some you will love and some you will
love to hate. They are fleshed out
in such a way that you can’t help it.
For me I will always choose a character driven plot because if the
characters are not believable, then no matter what happens to them it makes the
writing seem unbelievable. Kraul
has managed to find that delicate balance.
The
horror in this book is the type that messes with your mind. It is not your typical “slasher” type
of horror. This is worse. This is
the type that will creep you out to the point you will be afraid to close the
book, and afraid to continue reading. So you want something creepy
for a change? Get this book. It is just thing to fill that horror
void in your reading.
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