Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2023! I missed doing this the last couple of years due to Covid and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!
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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!
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Last Case At A Baggage Auction
by Eric J. Guignard
Genre: Horror
MY REVIEW
Gramophones have been used in plenty of horror movies. They are a creepy prop. So I was curious how Eric would use it in his story.
It’s Detroit in 1963. Charlie and Joey were always looking for the next cash cow. Their weekly visit to the baggage auction paid off. Or did it? I didn’t think so. And I was right. The case contained a gramophone. And it played music that haunted. That addicted you. That could drive you insane. Or worse.
I usually like my horror to slap me in the face right from the beginning. That wasn’t the case here. It was a slow build. But when things started happening, they happened fast. To me, it was a bonus how well fleshed out the characters were. The book wasn’t that long but I formed connections with several of them.
I’ve read some of Eric’s other books. One thing I always know going in is how well he can write. His character’s stay in character. His descriptions of the settings put you there. And he can truly pour on the eerie atmosphere. This one grew on me. And what an ending.
4 STARS
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Synopsis
1963 Detroit is a hotbed of gambling, and the weekly baggage auctions keep a busy trade. Charlie Stewart and Joey Third are skilled in the art of successful bidding, but when Joey lands a mysterious suitcase, the thrill of winning turns to terror once they realize they’ve opened something sinister.
Inside the suitcase is an antique gramophone, and the music it plays is unlike anything they’ve heard before. A chanting voice speaks to them in strange words, evoking visions of a dark, frozen land. It’s a voice that makes them sick with addiction, and it continues chanting in their heads even when the record stops playing.
Charlie sets out to solve the mystery of the unholy music and how to turn it off forever. But the urge to listen grows stronger, and the more it plays, the more the aural virus spreads, until people begin to vanish . . . feeding an apparition that seeks immortality.
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