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Those Who Came Before

by J.H. Moncrieff

Genre: Horror

My Review

A weekend camping trip goes horribly wrong for two young couples. Reese Wallace is the lone survivor of the massacre that befell them, which makes him the likely suspect.

Detective Maria Geyeyes is assigned the case and comes to realize she’ll have to set aside her belief in what is real and what is imagined and draw on her Native American heritage to solve it and stay alive.

The story started with the massacre and that quickly pulled me into the story. As the author wove past history with present day, she tightened the grip on my intrigue. And the more I learned about the characters, the more I was invested in their survival.

This is a mystery and a horror story, but also one of what goes around comes around. The past can come back to haunt you.

And the ending. Well, that gave me much to ponder.

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Synopsis

People are dying at Strong Lake, and the worst is yet to come.

An idyllic weekend camping trip is cut short when Reese Wallace’s friends are brutally murdered. As the group’s only survivor, Reese is the prime suspect, and his story doesn’t make much sense. A disembodied voice warning him to leave the campground the night before? A strange, blackened tree that gave him an electric shock when he cut it down for firewood?

Detective Greyeyes isn’t having any of it―until she hears the voice herself and finds an arrowhead at the crime scene―an arrowhead she can’t get rid of. Troubling visions of a doomed Native American tribe who once called the campground home, and rumors of cursed land and a mythical beast plague the strangest murder case she’s ever been a part of.

Amazon / Goodreads

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About Author J.H. Moncrieff

J.H . Moncrieff’s City of Ghosts won the 2018 Kindle Book
Review Award for best Horror/Suspense. Reviewers have
described her work as early Gillian Flynn with a little Ray
Bradbury and Stephen King thrown in for good measure. She
won Harlequin’s search for “the next Gillian Flynn” in 2016.
Her first published novella, The Bear Who Wouldn’t Leave, was featured in
Samhain’s Childhood Fears collection and stayed on its horror bestsellers list
for over a year.
When not writing, she loves exploring the world’s most haunted places,
advocating for animal rights, and summoning her inner ninja in muay thai
class.
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 Scavenger Hunt

by Michaelbrent Collings

Genre:  Horror

My Review

I’m assuming you read the synopsis. Found it familiar. Was maybe thinking, been there, read that. A mysterious figure somehow kidnaps a groups of strangers. They wake up in a room with no idea where they are or what happened.  Then the man behind the smiley mask tells them they must play a game. They play, or die. They follow the rules, or die. And they have to stay together. Let the scavenger hunt begin.

One of the things that made this plot stand out was the character’s stories. Why they were chosen. You can then decide if you care whether they live or die.

Another thing that stands out is the challenges the character’s face. Collings puts them through the wringer. It’s one race after another to complete ever more difficult tasks.

Scavenger Hunt is another thrilling, race to the finish read from this author. I’ve enjoyed many of his books and this one was crazy fun.

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Synopsis

“I already know all your names. As for me… you can call me Mr. Do-Good.”
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Five strangers have woken up in a white room.

Apparently chosen at random, they have been kidnapped, drugged… and chosen to play the world’s most high-stakes scavenger hunt.

Run by Mr. Do-Good, a madman who hides his identity behind a bloodstained smily-face mask, the contestants are given a series of deadly tasks to complete.

All they have to do to survive is…

… complete every task…
… on time..
… and not break any of Do-Good’s rules.

Breaking the rules is forbidden, and failure is not an option. Because Do-Good has plans for these strangers, and refusing to play the game carries the most deadly of consequences…

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 Bigfoot War

by Eric S. Brown

Genre:  Horror

My Review

Jeff, along with his younger brother and his father, set off into the woods to track down whatever tore apart one of their cows. Jeff was the only survivor of the encounter with a creature straight out of myth. Fifteen years later, he returns to Babble Creek to exact his revenge. He didn’t know the isolated little town would pay the price when he succeeds.

I’ve had a fascination with Bigfoot for many years. Read a bunch of books. Watched a bunch of movies. Some funny, some not so funny. I especially like the not so funny ones. and Bigfoot War is definitely not so funny.

When Jeff killed the bigfoot that destroyed his family, it turns out the big fella was part of a tribe and they, in turn, came calling for their own revenge. It was like Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em robots as they laid waste to the town and it’s inhabitants. Body parts were strewn about and the blood ran through the streets as the creatures picked them off one by one.

Eric reminds me another cyptid horror writer that I really enjoy in that he doesn’t hesitate to kill off his characters. I learned early on not to get attached to any of them as the body count is huge. Even knowing this, I couldn’t help but pull for the people of Babble Creek. The odds weren’t good but they banded together to somehow survive until help came.

This book was super fast paced and the action was pretty much nonstop. When I reached for a sip of my iced tea, I discovered the ice cubes had long ago melted and the beverage was warm.

If you like your sasquatch with sharp claws, tremendous strength, big teeth and a bad attitude, Bigfoot Wars would be a great read for ya. It was for me.

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Synopsis

Jeff Taylor was an ordinary boy growing up in the small town of Babble Creek, North Carolina, until one night his life was changed forever when a sasquatch brutally murdered his family. Taylor fled the town, hoping to leave the painful memory behind. Years later, after two tours of duty in the Iraq War, he’s back in Babble Creek seeking vengeance. Taylor’s lust for the blood of the monster that slew his family sets in motion a series of events that soon has the entire town fighting for its life as a tribe of sasquatches descend from the forests and hills into Babble Creek to declare war upon its citizens. Babble Creek is about to find out Bigfoot is very real and there’s more than one of the creatures that want to fill the streets with blood.

Amazon / B&N

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The above cover is the one I own.

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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years 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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 Red Swarm

by Jamie Hutchison

Genre:  Horror

My Review

Feast your eyes on the thrilling cover art. I love stories about unstoppable creatures and insurmountable odds. A fellow book lover liked this one so how could I resist it.

I read this about eight months ago and I somehow missed sharing a review. It shows how much fun I had reading it that I still recall things so well. Divers from the Royal Navy come under attack by a swarm of eel like creatures during a diving test. An investigation reveals the creatures were genetically modified to become a new food source and escaped during a storm. Now they are loose, looking for food and they like the taste of human flesh.

The action and suspense starts right out of the gate. The creatures are growing in size, appetite and intelligence. And they’re expanding their hunting grounds to dry land. With deadly creature stories, I’m all about the attacks. I want a lot of them. And this book is chock full of some really harrowing ones.  As the creatures expand their hunting grounds, the US joins with the Royal Navy. It was wild to see how closely the creatures coordinated attacks resembled those of the military trying to combat them. And some of the battles were super gory as both sides tried to destroy the other.

I was able to check off all of the boxes for what I want in a creature horror book with Red Swarm. Awesome sea monsters, courageous and genuine characters and edge of your seat suspense and action. I’ve already grabbed the next book, Black Spawn, and anticipate another thrilling read.

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Synopsis

Beneath the waves lurks new deadly predators .

On a cold November morning the crew of the Anti-Submarine Frigate HMS Sabre witnesses divers being attacked and devoured by a vast shoal of ferocious fish.

Marine Biologist Mark Yates teams up with the Royal Navy to combat the threat not only to the British Isles but all the world oceans.

The first of Mark Yates high seas adventures.

Amazon / B&N

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 The Nightmare Room

The Messy Man #1

by Chris Sorensen

Genre:  Horror

My Review

The Nightmare Room. What a great title. And the cover. Chilling, isn’t it? I grabbed this one and settled in for some spooky reading.

It didn’t disappoint. Creepy noises. Shadows seen out of the corner of the eye. An old farm house with a mysterious past. And then the true terror begins for a family trying to recover from a tragedy and start anew. These were all checked off on my spooky list.

I had a good time with this haunting. It had some really eerie atmosphere. And as things got darker, there were times I was looking over my shoulder, startled at a noise behind me. And the author brought to life these characters. Made me feel for them and fear for them. This was a good start to The Messy Man series and I’ll be reading more.

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Synopsis

A boy in a basement, a man in a booth and a darkness that threatens to swallow them both…

New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to his hometown of Maple City to help Peter’s ailing father and to put a recent tragedy behind them. Though the small, Midwestern town seems the idyllic place to start afresh, Peter and Hannah will soon learn that evil currents flow beneath its surface.

They move into an old farmhouse on the outskirts of town—a house purchased by Peter’s father at auction and kept secret until now—and start to settle into their new life.

But as Peter sets up his recording studio in a small basement room, disturbing things begin to occur—mysterious voices haunt audio tracks, malevolent shadows creep about the house. And when an insidious presence emerges from the woodwork, Peter must face old demons in order to save his family and himself.

Amazon / B&N

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