Review: Can the Past Call to Us?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
Can history be changed? Is it possible for a man who has lost all motivation for life to find renewed purpose when a young woman’s desperate screams for help set off an unbelievable chain of events that leave no evidence? Daniel is recently widowed, lost in his grief; time has no real meaning for him anymore. Alone in an isolated area, terrifying events repeat themselves, each time with a slight change, each time more real than the last, but no evidence is left behind. Is he losing his mind?Killing Time by John Penney puts mystery and the thrill of “things that go bump in the night” into his tale of death, and terror as he cleverly weaves a tragic death from the past into the present life of an emotionally distraught man. His characterization of Daniel as a man still reeling from his wife’s death is very realistic, as the reader is invited into the turmoil that is Daniel’s mind. Seamlessly portraying each scene, as it is made apparent that there is more than meets the eye going on, the tale winds through different times, each unsettling, yet by the end of this tale, the final outcome was a twisted surprise.Not too horrific, not totally predictable, a great mystery/thriller with a steady pace and very vividly describe scenes!