Review: Wonderfully atmospheric chillers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
This is the first book I have read by David Haynes and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I read the book in an evening and, as another reviewer has pointed out, it is best to read the stories one after the other so you appreciate the links between each. Indeed, part of the interest in this book is seeing just how each story relates to the others.The four tales are nicely gruesome and splendidly suffused with menace and dread. The writing itself is wonderfully atmospheric. The author described certain scenes so well, I felt I was there. The writing put me in mind of Charles Dickens' ghost stories; the voice of each story feels authentic and apt for the time.Each story is a delightfully creepy and well-rounded tale, but put together this book is so much more. At the end, it felt like it had almost come full circle. This is a great little collection, quite unlike anything else I have read recently. I just loved it!