Hello, readers! I just missed being able to post this one on Halloween, but such is the way when you have seasonaI depression.
If there’s one thing you’ve gleaned about me from this blog, it’s that I am a Sager fangirl. I’m willing to give just about any of his books a try. This book doesn’t dither or dally, and it jumps straight into the action.
I listened to this one and read a physical copy and I was glued to the edge of my seat. There were times when I was just sitting there listening to the story while not doing anything else to keep my hands busy.
This is another Sager book that begs the question, “Is it a ghost story or a thriller?” And honestly? I’ll let you figure that out. Sager has done the ‘haunted house’ trope before and in this one he took another shot at it and it was a slam dunk.
The book is a solid 4/5. First of all, it’s about Ethan, a 40 year old man who has recently moved back home, where a tragedy occurred 30 years ago.
When Ethan was 10 years old, he and his friend Billy camped out in his backyard. When Ethan woke up the next morning, Billy was gone. Ethan’s parents and the entire neighborhood searched for him, but their efforts were in vain.
Billy was never recovered.
Survivor’s guilt and anxiety have plagued Ethan for years. When he moves back into his childhood home after his parents have decided to move to Florida, he’s reminded of that one summer night on a near-constant basis.
Old friends reconnect with him as the secrets of his old culdesac reveal themselves. In true Sager fashion, you won’t see (or at least I hope you won’t see) the twist(s) coming.
You can snag this one on Amazon here. Or, if you feel that Amazon has enough money (they do), then you can visit your local library, chat with a librarian, and borrow a copy of Sager’s latest.
I look forward to checking in after my next read, and if there’s something you think I should review, either comment or email me at alicia@ajcreads.com.
Also!
If you have recently published a cool book on Kindle Unlimited, I’d love to read it! And I also might review it! So, hit me up, fellow indie writers.
Till next time.
Alicia
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