FICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2005
"Bruised throats, blood, guilt, and satanic rites--but ultimately Simon survives using his wits rather than copious amounts of holy water."
In the latest installment in prolific Doherty's dark version of the Canterbury tales (
Ghostly Murders, 1998), the Carpenter pilgrim tells a bloodcurdling tale of hanged men who refuse to stay dead and buried.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2004
"Literately loony, with excurses on pan-fried corn, tombstone epitaphs, the Roman origin of bobbing for apples, and appropriate death messages from the Bard. The ending's a tad flat, but what a spirited ride to get to it."
A folklorist/amateur detective arranges a Halloween graveyard meeting between a witch and a murderer.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2001
"Preteen readers will "love-love-love" watching these seemingly ordinary 11-year-olds in action. (Fiction. 10-12)"
Two novice Philadelphia witches discover both that magic is harder to control than it seems and that they're not as inseparable as they supposed, in this lighthearted family story with a twist, from the author of Dive (1999).
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2001
"Leaf-clogged suspense until a slashing succubus appears to add stress to Thom's recovery."
After ringing changes on Victor Hugo in
Others (1999), Herbert now takes us to a fairyland decidedly
not out of James M. Barrie.
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 1997
"More artful, if less exciting, than Monahan's brainy bloodsucker operas—but all immensely satisfying."
Ever-intelligent horror novelist Monahan (The Blood of the Covenant, 1995, etc.) retells a true story—true as far as the participants knew—about a poltergeist.
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 1995
"These Landover yarns are agreeable enough in their own limited fashion, and mostly manage to avoid formula; this one, after a lethargic start, comes well up to the mark."
