The rambling lakeside house called Pinecrest has lain empty since its last owner went missing seven years ago. But for the Brewster family it will be this year’s holiday retreat, and for the kids Eric and Marci it’s the perfect place to spend a lazy summer exploring. Which is how Eric and his teenage friends discover a curious collection of discarded objects stowed in a hidden room in the carriage house. The bladeless hacksaws, shade-less lamps, tables with missing legs, a headless axe handle – these unremarkable items add up to a pile of junk. Yet someone once took the trouble to list each worthless relic in a cryptic ledger, thus provoking a great mystery that is now whispering, coaxing, demanding to be solved. The more the boys devote themselves to piecing together the puzzle, the more their fascination deepens into obsession. Soon their days are consumed with this weird collection, while their nights become plagued by ever more ghastly nightmares. And finally when a horrifying discovery surfaces, so does the chilling truth about a twisted legacy with a malevolent life of its own. 'Saul has been in the business long enough to know how to send shivers up the spines of readers of any age' Publishers Weekly 'Great beach reading, especially for those days when a chill would be oh so welcome' Booklist

This was not the best of John Saul's books that I have read, but I still enjoyed it. Quite creepy in places and made me want to squeeze my eyes shut in others :0)

Popping in to plum-crazys book box ;0)

Rec'd when the Horror bookbox arrived home. Have read some John Saul in the past but haven't read this so thanks...& thanks for taking part :o)

Not a bad read but unless I missed something along the way there was an awful lot of loose ends that I wanted tying up! The basis of the story is three teenagers find a hidden room in holiday home Pinecrest, which is crammed with broken items that the missing Dr Darby paid huge amounts for. On piecing these items together, which it turns out belonged to serial killers (who would've guessed?!) all three boys experience the same nightmares....& it just so happens that these nightmares are actually happening - but are the boys responsible?

Thrown into the mix is the mysterious Logan who is "guarding" Pinecrest...why he took on the role, well I guess I missed something there about his relationship with Darby. And on the subject of Darby, ( he's my main gripe) why was he collecting these things in the first place? At what point did he realise their influence on people? What happened?....too much left unexplained for my liking.


Overall quite an entertaining read but the ending was disappointing - though to be fair I often feel like that with horror tales!

Added to HappyHarryBabe's Random Bookbox

Well it's back up North! Taken out of the Random Bookbox - Thanx :)

I enjoyed the thrills in this book. End made me keep on wondering too.

Reserved for a friend (c)

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Left over at the Newcastle Unconvention.

On the release walk.