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mbest75's review
4.0
‘When a man loses everything inside him that makes him human, and gets taken over by the devil”
Ronald Malfi is an author that has been recommended to me many times, so I thought a freezing January in the UK would be an ideal time to read this one.
The remove Alaskan town was a great setting and the writing was really atmospheric. Paul Gallo arrives in town to try and find answers to his brother’s disappearance (a local man has recently confessed to multiple killings).
Oh my…… the author did a great job of building the tension and pulling me into the story, much like Paul himself despite (or maybe because of) the overwhelming feeling that something terrible is out there watching. The small community is isolated and superstitious, believing the mythology of the bone whites…..but is it myth or reality?
I wouldn’t say the story is very original but it is excellently written and I will definitely be reading more by Ronald Malfi.
Thanks to Netgalley and Canelo for an ARC in return for an honest review.
Ronald Malfi is an author that has been recommended to me many times, so I thought a freezing January in the UK would be an ideal time to read this one.
The remove Alaskan town was a great setting and the writing was really atmospheric. Paul Gallo arrives in town to try and find answers to his brother’s disappearance (a local man has recently confessed to multiple killings).
Oh my…… the author did a great job of building the tension and pulling me into the story, much like Paul himself despite (or maybe because of) the overwhelming feeling that something terrible is out there watching. The small community is isolated and superstitious, believing the mythology of the bone whites…..but is it myth or reality?
I wouldn’t say the story is very original but it is excellently written and I will definitely be reading more by Ronald Malfi.
Thanks to Netgalley and Canelo for an ARC in return for an honest review.
emmie_mort's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Joe Mallory walks into a diner & informs the patrons he has killed a number of people & they’re to call the local law. Paul Gallo hears about the arrest & bodies on the news, spurring him to Dread’s Hand in hopes of finding his missing twin brother.
This is a tense & wonderfully atmospheric horror, The overwhelming tension of small town life & the encroaching woods in the stark Alaskan winter pull you into a story that is disturbing & beautiful. I really enjoyed this & will be picking up more by this author for sure.
This is a tense & wonderfully atmospheric horror, The overwhelming tension of small town life & the encroaching woods in the stark Alaskan winter pull you into a story that is disturbing & beautiful. I really enjoyed this & will be picking up more by this author for sure.
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