Review: Mastering the Art of Subtlety
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
Ah, nice to go back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe, where every word counted, and where the writer didn't fluff the pages with unnecessary prose.  No need to resort to slasher language.  No need for stupid-but-doomed heroines to scream futilely as terror struck them.No, this lean, tight story lands the reader exactly where he or she belongs.  It's macabre, even though there is practically no fast-paced action in this book.  Rather, it's psychology, and good old-fashioned story telling describing the what, who, when, where and not necessarily the why.Now I'll see if I can make it through the night without a terror-filled dream.... of something at the foot of my bed....