Review: BEHOLD THE CHILD - Behold A New Classic!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2011
The more of author Harry Shannon's fiction you read, the higher your expectations rise. But it isn't unfair to expect such from Shannon, as he never disappoints yet always surprises. BEHOLD THE CHILD is no exception.This novella involves a burned-out Los Angeles police detective, Sam Kenzie, who, haunted by a multiple-child homicide case and personal demons, reluctantly retires to the same small desert town where he'd grown up, hoping to quietly serve out the remainder of his career until he can retire. Sorry, Sam - no such luck!This novella has everything: a damaged hero that readers quickly come to care about, plenty of action and adventure within a very fast-moving and relentless plot, twists, turns and surprises, and an extremely successful melding of crime/detection/police procedural and horror/supernatural that will take readers  along on a proverbial roller coaster ride unlike any other.BEHOLD THE CHILD is superbly written and is seriously one of those great books that offers a far more enjoyable and lasting piece of entertainment than a good 99% of all movies and television shows.  Stories like these are why reading won't be dying out as a form of entertainment anytime soon, and why so many millions of e-book readers are being sold every week.Thank you, Harry Shannon, for yet another brilliant reading experience!