Friday, January 4, 2008

Michael Prescott - Comes The Dark

IN THE PAST...
Erica and her little brother, Robert, were the only survivors at the scene of the crime. The police discovered the children huddled together in a closet. Shivering in their pajamas. Hiding from the nightmare that turned their happy home into a slaughterhouse.

IN THE PRESENT...
Erica is a successful art dealer, a strong woman who has managed to bury the past and build a new life.
Her brother, Robert, however, still hides in the shadows of his own shattered mind.
He lives in a remote cabin in the woods. He plays in the dark caves on the outskirts of town. And when a local girl is gruesomely murdered, Robert is the first person the police suspect.

IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
Erica goes looking for her brother. The police go after them both. And now, with the setting of the sun, comes the terror, the blood, and the truth...

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As mentioned in the book's description, Erica and Robert are the only survivors at the scene of crime. Decades later Erica's become a well known and liked antique dealer in her hometown, inherited a huge heritage after her mother was shot.
Her brother Robert's become a weird loner in the woods. He´s only seen once a months for groceries in town.

When young Sherry Wilcott is found dead with a cut throat everybody suspect the loner Robert. Erica vanishes in the woods while searching for her brother. She gets captured by Sherry Willcott's murderer. Strapped down in a cave begins her fight for life.

The burnt out town sheriff, Ben Connor, fears for her life and their love while trying to figure out which part of Erica's disappearance her con-artist husband Andrew and her brother are playing.
When Erica's car is found, an officer is shot in the wood, the plot spins and turns. The reader learns pretty early who's the beast in the woods.
The novel offers a lot of secrets, goes back into the past of two scared children and unravels another gruesome crime.

Rating:
Visit Michael Prescott.

ISBN-13: 9780451192509
ISBN-10: 0451192508
Publisher: Signet Book
Publication Date: 2/1/1999
Pages: 396
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback

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