Review: EVERY HOUSE HOLDS SECRETS
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2011
Have you ever moved into a house where other families have lived.  All spruced up, painted, your own furniture in place - ever lie down in you bed and wonder . . . what secrets this house holds?I am not really into Horror stories.  I had read Stephen King's "Pet Symetary" and Dean Koontz's "Odd Hours" several years ago and decided my preference was "reality" Police procedural and Detective novels.Then, becoming a member of SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION for Authors here on Amazon, I found ALISON BUCK, the extraordinarily talented Author of "ABIDING EVIL" and "DEVOTED SISTERS", exceptional HORROR novels.  My taste in this genre heightened.  I then met in this forum Author STUART LAND.  I bought, read and thoroughly enjoyed his novel ORIGINAL BLOOD.  When he released his newest novel, SHADOW HOUSE, I was already hooked.SHADOW HOUSE is AWESOME!  It will keep you turning the page (or clicking Kindle) and you will not stop!!!Aaron Molina can best be described as a stereotypical American guy.  He has a beautiful wife, Clarire; a daughter Laurie (aged 12), a son Biran (8) and Laurie's German Shepherd "Brad".  They live in a middle-class suburb and have a normal, every-day American lifestyle.  Aaron is a Web Site Designer and Claire is a Real Estate Broker.  Aaron has fleeting thoughts of dissatisfaction with how his life has turned out. On an outting to a flea market with his sister, Rebecca (whom he is not overly fond of) and her third husband, Fred, Claire and his kids, Claire suggests he "find a hobby".  At the flea market he buys a small estate of tools and hand-carved furniture and children's toys.  The reader is then taken on a hair raising journey into a dead man's life . . . a man who refuses to stay dead.  A hint of Aaron's greed and flashbacks into PJ McAvoy's violent life are so well crafted, you feel as though you are hiding behind every corner, watching as PJ takes over Aaron's life and you are caught up in fear as you turn the page . . . scared of what will happen next.  The twists and turns take you into a mind-boggling state, and you will never guess how the Molina family's horror will end.SHADOW HOUSE should be on The New York Times Best Seller List!!!  It deserves to be out there, available to the mass market.  This is absolutely a FIVE STAR BOOK.Michael Phelps