Review: An apartment with a past.....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
This is my first read by author C. S. Kane.  A very creepy novella about a woman (Stacy) and her fiancee (Liam) who move into a very run-down apartment (or "flat") when they relocate.  Stacey is attempting to write a thesis on The Turn of the Screw, and I can't help but comment on how apt that comparison was in parts of this story.Right off the bat, Stacy feels uncomfortable in the apartment, and is besieged by events that send her doubting her own senses and sanity.  Who were the people that used to live here, and what happened to them, are among the questions that Stacey is obsessed with finding out.As another reviewer mentioned, she begins to go downhill--both mentally and physically--fairly quickly on.  Is it her own imagination brought out by the stresses of her upcoming thesis, unwanted move, and need for more money, or is something else, something more sinister, at work here?This novel leaves a lot of interpretation to the individual reader, and personally, I love to rise to the challenge presented in those!  It is a fast read, the plot rapidly thickening right up to the very end.  Kane does an excellent job in her descriptions of the things that Stacy is an unwilling witness to, and I can honestly say that I wouldn't see myself near that dwelling for anything!Another great author to add to the Dark Fuse roster!Recommended!