Book Review - In the Dark of the Night by John Saul
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It's been awhile since I got into a decent supernatural mystery/thriller, so I was looking forward to John Saul's In the Dark of the Night. This one probably caused me to spend a bit more time ignoring the wife than was reasonable, but it grabbed on and didn't let go very easily...
It's summer, and Eric is looking forward to spending time at a lake rental with his long-time friends. The house they are renting is called Pinecrest, and it's been empty for a number of years after the previous owner just vanished. Rumors in the small town had him meeting with a violent demise, but nobody knows for sure. Eric and his friends go exploring the grounds one day, and stumble upon the carriage house on the property. In the building is a room that has a strange attraction and odd items... a table with only three legs, a hacksaw without blades, surgical tools wrapped separately from the doctor's bag they belong in. As the kids spend more and more time there, they are haunted by vivid dreams of graphical killings related to the items they recently uncovered. They're not sure whether they are responsible for the real-life deaths that mirror the dreams, or if a town derelict might hold the key to the power that draws them continually to the room and the items it contains...
This is one of those novels that kept me turning the pages, as well as looking for a few extra minutes to get back to the story. Once it was revealed what the items had in common (and why the former resident had them), I felt like I had to keep reading to find out what the next item was going to point to. It's definitely a graphic and morbid story, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed...
It's been awhile since I got into a decent supernatural mystery/thriller, so I was looking forward to John Saul's In the Dark of the Night. This one probably caused me to spend a bit more time ignoring the wife than was reasonable, but it grabbed on and didn't let go very easily...
It's summer, and Eric is looking forward to spending time at a lake rental with his long-time friends. The house they are renting is called Pinecrest, and it's been empty for a number of years after the previous owner just vanished. Rumors in the small town had him meeting with a violent demise, but nobody knows for sure. Eric and his friends go exploring the grounds one day, and stumble upon the carriage house on the property. In the building is a room that has a strange attraction and odd items... a table with only three legs, a hacksaw without blades, surgical tools wrapped separately from the doctor's bag they belong in. As the kids spend more and more time there, they are haunted by vivid dreams of graphical killings related to the items they recently uncovered. They're not sure whether they are responsible for the real-life deaths that mirror the dreams, or if a town derelict might hold the key to the power that draws them continually to the room and the items it contains...
This is one of those novels that kept me turning the pages, as well as looking for a few extra minutes to get back to the story. Once it was revealed what the items had in common (and why the former resident had them), I felt like I had to keep reading to find out what the next item was going to point to. It's definitely a graphic and morbid story, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed...
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