Teaser Tuesdays #85 ~ The Memory Closet

Posted: October 14, 2014 in Mytery/Thriller, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Teaser for today is from

The Memory Closet

 by Ninie Hammon

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Genre: Psychological thriller/mystery

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My teaser from 11% into the eBook.

“I don’t remember my childhood.”

“What is it ’bout your childhood you forgot?”

“Everything. I don’t have any memories at all of growing up. Didn’t you know that?”

She got a far-away look in her eyes and then recognition dawned.

“Your mind went plum blank, didn’t it? I remember now. You was so tore up after…” She stopped and bowed her head a moment. When she continued, her deep voice was so soft I had trouble hearing her. “…the accident. You got the forgets, didn’t you?”

The forgets. Yeah, that’s right. I got the forgets.

“I didn’t just forget the accident. I forgot everything.”

She looked up, startled.

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I spotted this as a free download on Amazon and grabbed it. I enjoy psychological thrillers and this sounded like quite a mystery too. I’m so into this story and can’t wait to finish it so I can tell you what I thought.

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Synopsis

What really happened to Laughs in the Wind?

When Anne Mitchell was 11 years old, something happened to her that erased the whole first decade of her life.

Twenty-five years later, she has come home to re-claim her past.

Oh, she gets it. She understands that something profoundly evil lurks in the swirling purple haze of her amnesia. Fear of facing that secret held her hostage. Like a schoolyard bully, it twisted her arm behind her back and forced her to accept that her life began in the dirt beside the ditch where the family station wagon burned like hell had opened up a crack in the world right there in the back seat.

For 25 years, she was enslaved by what she called the “Boogie Man”– images from her lost childhood that appeared in the shadows behind her reflection in mirrors and wine glasses, haunted her dreams and attacked her in screaming night terrors.

Then the monster shattered her career.

And Anne saw him in her dying mother’s eyes.

With her last breath, Susan Mitchell begged for her daughter’s forgiveness. She didn’t mean for it to happen, she gasped, but she’ll burn in hell for what she did all the same.

What did her mother do? Anne has to know.

So she has come home to a small Texas prairie town to live with her crazy grandmother in the rambling old house where she grew up to take her stand against the Boogie Man. But Anne isn’t really prepared for how expensive remembering might be. The cost of her memories could very well be her sanity.

Each new revelation loosens Anne’s grip on reality.

Surely her crazy grandmother didn’t do THAT to Anne’s beloved parakeet! Yes, the old woman DID! No … actually, she didn’t.

The horror that attacks her in the garage–it can’t possibly be real…can it?

And most important: what happened to the little girl with a face like a china doll whose name was Laughs in the Wind?

The Boogie Man knows.

He also knows Anne’s here. He knows it’s showtime. And he knows what she doesn’t–that Anne might very well have to pay for her past with her future, that the cost of remembering could be her life.

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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Comments
  1. Wow! This is an awesome teaser, I can see the surroundings and feel the afflictive mood. I am almost certain that this book would be one that will keep me up at night 0__o

    The Empyrean Key | J.L. Tomlinson

  2. Nyze says:

    Amnesia perhaps? Interesting teaser 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

    Here’s mine:
    Teaser Tuesday: The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus)

  3. I think we are all afraid of the boogeyman. The forgets? I love it. LOL
    sherry @ fundinmental My TT – Clay by Tony Bertauski

  4. Beth F says:

    Great teaser — this looks like a great find.

  5. Great snippet! Very good descriptions! Lots of love, Emily

  6. Compelling teaser. I might add this to my to be read (infinite) pile.

  7. Okay, now I definitely want to know what secrets are haunting her! Thanks for sharing…and here’s mine: “RUIN FALLS”

  8. GREAT Teaser (and I enjoyed the synopsis too). I’m really curious about this book.
    My Tuesday post features WAR BRIDES.

  9. Wow, this sounds intense and creepy and very suspenseful. I want to know what happened to this girl. I’ve been sucked in!

    Here are My Teasers.

  10. Nice! Even the title is catchy.
    My TT from The Midnight Examiner by William Kotzwinkle http://wp.me/pZnGI-eS

  11. Oh I like the sound of this one, I love psychological thrillers and when they are linked with memories, or lack of them, a definite winning combination. Thanks for visiting my TT http://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/teaser-tuesday-october-14/

  12. Emalie says:

    Interesting teaser 🙂 and also a very interesting blurb. It sounds like a good read. Hope you enjoy 😀 and thanks for stopping by my teaser tuesday

  13. Ooh great teaser! I really enjoy psychological thrillers, definitely think I’ll be looking into reading this one. Thanks for sharing!

  14. That’s a really great teaser! The blurb sounds pretty interesting. I’ll have to add this one to my TBR.

  15. fredamans says:

    Sounds like a great read!

  16. ljennison says:

    It sounds like a real thriller. Glad you’re enjoying it!

  17. P.D. Workman says:

    Oh, I’m teased for sure. I have to go look that one up.

    Thanks for visiting my blog. Mine is from a young adult suspense novel:

    http://pdworkman.com/excerpt-and-trailer-for-those-who-believe-teasertuesday-trw14-2/

  18. Yvonne says:

    This sounds interesting.

  19. Hmm, sounds like an interesting read! I don’t read a lot of thrillers but psy thrillers always sound so intriguing! Hope you’re enjoy it, thanks for sharing!

  20. Greg says:

    This one sounds a little scary… wonder what the “Accident” is. Nice teaser.

  21. w0rdtrix says:

    An interesting snippet. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my teaser.

  22. Rin says:

    Ooooh, this is a very interesting teaser…and a little creepy. But still cool. 😀

  23. Eustacia Tan says:

    Oooh, sounds like a great book! Thanks for sharing!

  24. That’s quite an intense teaser. I’m wondering if the remembering is going to be worth it? And who is she speaking to? Thanks for stopping by The Coffee Pot Review. 🙂

  25. Lizzy says:

    Sounds like an intense read! I hadn’t heard of it before, but it sounds like it could be a great book for fall. Thanks for stopping by my teaser!

  26. Sounds interesting, great teaser 🙂 Might check it out sometime.
    Thanks for sharing and thanks for visiting my TT 🙂

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