![]() ![]() ![]() I got this far and thought it was going to be some sort of romance novel, but no- this is all just the set up for the story.Īfter this intro, and the fate of some hapless bank manager dealing with dead bodies, we are introduced to Murry. Yet, the 'new' Rachel takes a strong liking to Mike and they begin a torrid affair. Although Rachel and Mike had a one-night drunken stand almost a year ago, she wanted nothing to do with him after that. It seems her neighbor, Mike, heard the screams and called the cops, who found her passed out on the bathroom floor. When she wakes up in a hospital, she has no memories of her life at all. Awaking from another nasty one, she heads to the bathroom to wash her face when something comes out of the mirror, shattering it after screaming bloody murder, she passes out. It takes a little bit to get to him, however, as first we are introduced to Rachel, a late 20s fairly prudish editor of children's books, who has been suffering from horrible nightmares for weeks. In a way, TH is a police procedural, with the main character Murry being a D.I. Nonetheless, the story still managed to draw me in and keep me there. By rough edges, I mean this book is a little too busy lots of POV changes, sometimes mid paragraph, lots of characters, lots of sub plots, etc. I know Pinborough has gone on to bigger and better things, but in this hidden gem from Leisure Horror she shows her chops as a horror author quite well indeed. I believe TH was Pinborough's first novel, and despite some rough edges, it still packs a punch. ![]()
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