|
|
Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780553291018 ISBN: 0553291017 Label: Crimeline Manufacturer: Crimeline Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: July 01, 1992 Publisher: Crimeline Release Date: June 01, 1992 Studio: Crimeline Editorial Review: Product Description: Released from prison and placed under constant electronic surveillance in a home at the edge of a dark wood, a dangerous psychopath with a penchant for murdering children waits for an opportunity to terrorize the small Vermont town. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Not Too Bad of a Mystery-Ending Could Have Been BetterOverall, I did enjoy this book.It was a book that made you wonder what might happen to the lost girl next. Released from prison after losing his sight, and then incarcerated in a once-deserted home at the edge of the woods, Ellie Weir is under constant surveillance electronically. They say it is a fail-proof system and that he can't possibly escape But this isn't so. Abigail, Nora's ten year-old girl wanders over to the deserted home one day with the fence. But once inside ... Read More Rating: - a great story if you can stay on trackNot to be confused with the film, "House on Haunted Hill", The House on the Hill is about a blind convict, living in a formerly condemned house, who's crime involved raping young girls. The tale is told non-narritvely through three characters: a cop, a mother, and her daughter. If you're looking for a scary book, this is it. The situations of the kidnapped daughter are especially terrifying as you never know what is going to happen next. The only problem really is that the story can get confusing ... Read More Rating:  - Good mystery / thriller author hard to findThis is the first novel from the author that I have read. The book started out very good, in fact is was good up until Quinn and Levitsky got caught following the psychopath from his house. It literally falls apart at that point. It seemed as though the author lost site of where she was going or just got tired of the task. A mystery should hold you until the very end and also clean up the loose ends left dangling. Rating:  - Started Great, Ended With a CrashThis book started out with a great plot. It had a lot of promise. Even with the terrific start, the end was actually quite sad. There were several holes, including how the mayor got involved with the psychopath... When reading a book, I also tend to pay attention to details. By the end of this book, many of the "little" details have yet to be solved, including what was wrong with Quinn's boss... These details may not seem extremely important, but they add to the feeling of the book. These details ... Read More Rating: - Good story, characters, and suspense, disappointing endingThe book is well written with engaging, though somewhat predictable, characters, and the story and suspense are well developed. However, the book falls flat at the end. A lot of the elements of the story, especially the illusions and how a blind man could do what he supposedly did (as well as Hugh's nasty tricks), are not explained or resolved by the end of the book. The fact that all kinds of lose ends were left dangling at the end spoiled the book for me. This is too bad because the author certainly ... Read More |
