Drawn from real life, there were times I expected them to jump right off the screen at me. Reading this terrifying tale at night was a mistake. The author's command of the story line and the characters is impressive. Delightful, funny and scary. In her debut book, Marianna Heusler has crafted a fast paced true urban fling, a fun read despite the shudderingly dark events.
Nothing is predictable, and no let-downs in the plot.
The satisfying tale ended on a note hinting at a book to come, and I, for one, wait impatiently to read it. When recently divorced Christina Braganti teams up with her brother Jake and purchases a long deserted townhouse, formerly a private psychiatric hospital, in the hopes of turning it into a million dollar fitness center, she has no inkling of the terrible secret buried deep within its decaying walls or the bizarre events about to unfold that will change her life. Author of more than a dozen short stories, this is Marianna Heusler's first full-length mystery novel, but, we hope not her last. From the first moment you're entranced in a legend that can only be a dream. However, you start to believe it is.