Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2026! I’m 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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The Loch
By Steve Alten
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Genre: Horror
MY REVIEW
Look out Nessie fans. What’s in the Loch isn’t what you think.
Here’s the skinny. Zach has a strange memory from his childhood that still haunts his dreams. Now grown up he has new nightmares. Most involving strange encounters from the sea. He’s perfectly fine with keeping his feet planted on solid ground. Then, his father contacts him from Scotland, there place he’d been born and never wanted to see again. Angus has been arrested for murder and needs his help. Reluctantly, he says yes and arrives back where his childhood nightmare began. And it’s still there, in the deep, cold depths of the Loch.
The myth of what lurks in Loch Ness has always been intriguing for me. Alten gives you his own spin on it. A not so cute one. Something is killing people, dragging them down down down into the deep. Splish splash.
Steve Alten’s popular Meg series about Megalodon’s was pure sharky fun for me to read. He brought that fun to this series also. Learn about some history of Scotland. I was pleasantly surprised with one particular scenario. And dip your toes into The Loch. But, beware and don’t say I didn’t warn you.
5 STARS
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Synopsis
Loch Ness holds secrets, ancient and deadly. Does a monster inhabit its depths, or is it just myth? Why, after thousands of reported sightings and dozens of expeditions, is there still no hard evidence? Marine biologist Zachery Wallace knows, but the shock of his near-drowning as a child on Loch Ness have buried all memories of the incident. Now, a near-death experience suffered while on expedition in the Sargasso Sea has caused these long-forgotten memories to re-surface. Haunted by vivid night terrors, stricken by a sudden fear of the water, Zach finds he can no longer function as a scientist. Unable to cope, his career all but over, he stumbles down a path of self-destruction..until he receives contact from his estranged father…a man he has not seen since his parents’ divorced and he left Scotland as a boy. Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander who never worked an honest day in his life, is on trial for murdering his business partner. Only Zachary can prove his innocence – if he is innocent, but to do so means confronting the nightmare that nearly killed him seventeen years earlier. Incorporating the latest research and “new evidence,” that leads to real answers concerning the monster’s identity, best-selling author Steve Alten weaves a tale of horror about the most publicized and controversial creature ever to exist.
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