Review: Small town peaceful America does it with tension unexpected and a small house located across a quiet park with swings.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
Kevin, Chris and their dog Jessie face tension in their new small house in a supposedly quiet town of Crystal Grove on Mead Avenue. The comfort zone won't be the same and neither will their habits of locking doors. I like stories of horror and crime, especially when the author does a great job of creating the atmosphere of the new owners home. The dog senses the intruder, but Kevin actually locating him is another story. The red herrings are elusive and the seemingly innocent dog walks turn into shock and fear when he sees someone possibly in his house through the window. The author keeps the surprises throughout to just the right balance, so the wife who is at work feels the same apprehension as her husband and she is still at work. I like short stories as much as novels, when the right amount of words adequately tell the story. A book short or long doesn't matter and I prefer those pass the time short ones, when the story practically helps me lose the time while waiting at an appointment or for someone else to finish shopping.  I have read the Black Hull's first episode and plan on reading more of Joseph Turkot's work.I have Living Alone and the entire book of Black Hull. Neighborhood Watch is out and I have considered it. Now I need to get reading! I like the word flow, and I don't mind the occasionally narrative style by some author's use of style. I remember Edgar Allan Poe books, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) to my fondest memories. (the movie did a dialogue and the main character used a narrative style throughout the movie to explain his emotions or hiding them as the case in this movie displayed due to the seed pod and alien invasion)