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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

by Bubbly Bibbly | Oct 8, 2020 | Book Review

Summary: First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar...

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 3, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: A young couple who move into a Manhattan apartment are approached by their elderly neighbors, who want to be their friends. My take: 4 looks Originally reviewed November 8, 2013 Can you believe the short summary of this ground-breaking novel? Perhaps the...

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Charlie Manx burned a man to death in his black 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith, but that’s not the worst of it. Rumor has it that he kidnapped dozens of children, taking them to a place he calls “Christmasland.” The only child ever to escape was a very lucky girl...

House by Frank Peretti

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Christian Fiction, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Enter House – where you’ll find yourself thrown into a killer’s deadly game in which the only way to win is to lose…and the only way out is in. The stakes of the game become clear when a tin can is tossed into the house with rules...

77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Enter the world of the Pendleton: The original owner became a recluse – and was rumored to be more than half mad – after his wife and two children disappeared in 1897 and were never found. The second owner suffered a worse tragedy in 1935, when...