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7. august 2024

The Silent Companions av Laura Purcell - ypperlig gotisk stemning, men det ble aldri helt skremmende


     The darkness was absolute - her eyes refused to adjust.

It wasn't like London; there were no streetlamps outsie.

She was forced to inch along, feeling her way forwards.


Det har vært få bøker å like i det siste. Det går lenger og lenger tid mellom godbitene, men heldigvis var ikke denne så verst.

1. oktober 2023

Silence for the Dead av Simone St. James - mystisk og stemningsfull herskapshus


     "You're not mad,"  I said again.

    His eyes left me, flickered to something over my shoulder through

the door, and their expression changed so entirely I nearly gasped.

    "He's coming."

    And from somewhere down the hall, the screaming began.


Ukjent bok og noen ganger gjør det susen.

27. juni 2023

The Coffin Path av Katherine Clements - fascinerende gyser


     He pauses, looking back down the fell towards the chimneys of

Scarcross Hall.

    You can't mistake the place, he'd been told by the tavern keeper.

Find the church and follow the coffin path that runs up towards the moor

top. You'll not miss it.


Skiftende årstid, et annet århundre, andre regler og strengt regime, er bare noen få beskrivelser av The Coffin Path av Katherine Clements, og boka har mer å gi enn det man kanskje tror på forhånd.

13. mars 2022

The Whistling av Rebecca Netley - klaustrofobisk gotisk horror


    'Love and kindness will heal her in time surely.'

    'And that is where you do so well, Elspeth.'

    I thought about that answer and how she appeared 

to have passed all responsibility for that role to a

stranger such myself. Although she cared for Mary

enough to undertake lessons, there was too often a

tone or a look that she passed to her niece that showed 

not love but dislike.


Noen ganger er en god, gammeldags spøkelseshistorie det man trenger.

24. juni 2021

The Shape of Darkness av Laura Purcell - synd at jeg ikke sparte denne til høstmørket


     People did say, when photographs first appeared,

that there was danger in having your image captured.

Part of your soul would remain forever imprisoned in

that glass lens. Sit for too many and you might be ...

depleted. More alive in the photograph than in real life.


Laura Purcell er et navn jeg har lagt merke til av og til når jeg har søkt på horror bøker. Navnet er ikke voldsomt kjent, men det har dukket opp noen ganger, og bøkene hennes har til en viss grad fristet.

22. juni 2021

In Darkness, Shadows Breathe av Catherine Cavendish - hovedkarakterer som blir satt på prøve


     "Let's start with your bedroom."

   Carol wished she could view it that way, but it was a bit

difficult when your life and sanity were being threatened.


Jeg la ikke merke til navnet Catherine Cavendish før i fjor, da jeg kom over The Garden of Bewitchment, og det ga mersmak.

29. april 2020

The Garden of Bewitchment av Catherine Cavendish - stemningsfull og noe klaustrofobisk horror


    Evelyn held Claire close to her. She would do anything to protect her sister, but, looking at the devastation all around her and feeling the woman trembling like a lamb in her arms, she had no answers. Claire needed help, and right now, she had no idea how to provide it.

Kan et brettspill bli levende?