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| Nowhere To Hide by Joan Hall Hovey Author’s Guild Backinprint.com / iUniverse 320 pages, 2000 ISBN 0595003664 Reviewed by PJ Nunn Picture a grand old house, filled with nooks and crannies. High ceilings that make everything seem larger, and faded wallpaper that makes an occasional nail hole seem like a part of history. Actually, they are a part of Ellen Harris’ history, but not much of her past is worth remembering. Now that Ellen’s sister Gail is a professional singer with a major contract, Ellen wishes the past would fade like a bad dream. But alas, the nightmares of the past are very much alive and well - haunting her nights and tempering the pleasures of her days. Worse, they’ve prompted new terrors, and she’s not always sure whether they’re real or imagined. When the murderer rips through the membrane that separates dreams from reality, the only question that remains is whether Ellen can stop him and save herself from becoming his next victim. Nowhere To Hide is a taut, edge of the seat thriller, but Hovey doesn’t abandon descriptive detail in order to achieve the effect. There’s just enough to visualize the damp, towel-dried ringlets of hair on an unsuspecting victim’s head or to imagine inhaling the musty, stale smell of the unexplored crevices of an old house in the dark. It’s a chilling tale, destined to be read with the lights on, and certain to inspire readers who love the thriller genre to demand more from this writer. |
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