Review: Great read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
Ten years after the terrifying events portrayed in "The Hides" Tim Quinn visited a church in Los Angeles – the results did not go the way he wanted them to go, but his attitude was that he shouldn’t expect anything else. Arriving on Blackrock Island where he hoped to live out his days in peace, within a sanctuary that had been denied him until now, he spent the beginning of his time there quietly, not encountering any of the islanders. But the day he saw a vessel which drifted ashore, seemingly unpiloted, was the day his life descended into hell once again.Tim Quinn had become the vessel for the dead to return, bringing revenge and retribution to their killers – but the horror of what he had to do never left him. He had sent his beloved away ten years earlier, so she wouldn’t have to be a part of his terrible life – but the night he was drawn into the small chapel in the dark and the rain, seeing the monstrosity hanging before him, feeling the pain of the dead – was the night he saw her again.The villagers made him uneasy – they were suddenly menacing. What happened on Blackrock Island? Why was his sanctuary now so suddenly not? The danger ebbed and flowed around him – he had to get away, he had to finish the Curtain and its inhabitants once and for all.This is the third in the Timmy Quinn series and I enjoyed it as much as I did the previous two. It’s an unusual concept but one that works well. Tim is a great character and the horror he feels deep inside is portrayed well. There is mystery threaded through the story along with the horror, and a touch of romance to even things out (a little!) This is a series I have no hesitation in recommending.