Perhaps this was why it appealed to Louis. Given the opportunity, Louis might even have dispensed with the sign entirely, and supplied details of the bar’s location only to those whose company he was prepared to tolerate, which meant that maybe five people in the world would have been burdened with the responsibility of keeping it in business.

He would come to me in my sleep,” said Louis, “wreathed in fire, and his mouth would move as he tried to speak, except nothing ever came out, or nothing I could understand. I used to wonder what he was trying to say. In the end, I figured he was warning me. I think he was telling me not to go looking for vengeance, because he knew what I’d become if I did. What I really found interesting was the locations - the rural American settings, the towns by the roadside, the desert like dustbowl. The Jewish angle was an added layer of intrigue and that house in the woods? Oh my...It's all there. The woman in the woods by J A Baker was another excellent book. I was gripped from the beginning till the end and I found it hard to put it down, especially as its full with great twists and turns throughout that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. I loved it. Plus, I wanted to know more about the main character who is a writer. She lives in the woods with her old dog called Whiskey who is her old faithful companion. This is where she feels safe in her cottage in the woods, where no one knows her or her real name. She feels at peace and safe from the real world outside the woods. No one can hurt her and Whiskey because she knows the real world can be so cruel especially of they ever found out what happened in the summer of 1976, when she made a terrible mistake.No different with The Woman in the Woods which had the after effect just a little while ago of me rummaging through the toy box to throw far far away anything that might ring in the night – but that’s neither here nor there except to my children. The point is this is, as usual, beautifully creepy as well as being beautifully written and every time I go into one of these I think it can’t possibly up the ante or make me more desperate for the next than I always am and every time I am wrong. John Connolly has written & created an interesting series starring PI Charlie Parker whose daughters look after him, not unlike his friends Louis & Angel and a pair of human bulldozers called the Fulci brothers. I felt this could have been a bit grittier and therefore a bit more realistic but still a great read. It's Charlie's daughters, both alive and dead, and my fears for them and what might happen in the future.

Otra novela de Connolly, otra maravilla para sus seguidores. Misterio sobrenatural y amenaza inquietantes.A dark psychological thriller about two women told from two POV’s, that of a child in the past and the title character, the woman who lives on her own in the woods. It took me a little while to get into this partly because I didn’t really like either of the protagonists but once I did get into it it was compelling. This writer can definitely write dark! Fans of the series generally loved this one, but there’s something about it–passion, maybe–that was missing for me. Not enough that I put the book down, mind you. Just enough that I noted it didn’t bring the same emotional responses as other books. Still satisfying, and particularly good as a fall read. John Connolly lives in Maine USA, not unlike a certain Mr King and Mr Irving which are some of my favorite writers. He is not a native of the American soil but his writing seems to flourish on that soil. She has dreamed of being a writer since she was a little girl – either that or a librarian – and after years of talking about it, was finally brave enough to put pen to paper (and let people actually read it).

I.L. Lawrence is one of the primary characters, an up and coming author who had recently been in a hit and run accident, suffering from amnesia afterwards. She can’t remember what her life had been like before the accident, particularly any of the memories from her childhood. It seems in some ways, what had happened to her lends into her ability to create unique stories, as though the plotlines could have come straight from her own past. It feels that way to her when she begins to see a random stranger show up to her book readings–a woman she doesn’t recognize but seems to know, all at once. Characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail The Woman in the Wood was everything I'd hoped for, I loved it, it really captured my imagination I was completely taken in by the story. One day, Duncan goes missing…the prospect of his return is diminished when boys of his age are found dead in the area. With the police not being exactly proactive, it falls on Maisy to stay strong and believe her brother will be found.

The Woman in the Wood is a real emotional roller-coaster ride from beginning to end. Full of mystery and drama it will have you absorbed throughout, the story has stayed with me. The Woman in the Wood begins when 15 year old twins, Maisy and Duncan Mitcham, are sent to live with their grandmother in the country. Their mother has been committed to an asylum with very little explanation offered as to why by their father, who is unemotional with them and keeps them very much at arms length. Despite their grandmother being rather cold towards them, their father semi-abandoning them, and the uncertainty about their mother’s condition, the two settle in quite well and begin to view this new country life they’ve been given as a second chance, a new beginning. Everything is rather cosy and nice, and the story slips along in this fashion for a little while as we get to see Maisy and Duncan stretch their wings a little and get to know themselves as well as new people. With the added local legend of ‘the woman in the wood’, Grace Deville, a woman who lives alone in the woods and shuns society, there is a general sense of foreboding hanging about the edges, a distinct Hansel and Gretal feel about the story as it unfolds in its quaint way. Es un libro que se puede leer sin haber leído los 15 anteriores, este es peculiar, el misterio sobrenatural atrae y es constante durante toda la lectura. Se que es duro leer toda la serie, ver un libro que te atrae, y resulta que hay que leerse los anteriores. Pues probad con este, pero recordad que… Not only is this a mystery novel centred around a missing child, Pearse delves into the realm of family ties and friendship. She delivers this theme through some brilliant characters – Maisy and Duncan are likeable children and develop a warm and loving relationship with their grandmother’s housekeeper, in comparison to their cold grandmother and their father who struggles to show affection, this book has a nice contrast of characters. When Duncan goes missing, it’s interesting to see the reaction of the different characters. While the twins may not feel especially close to their family, I didn’t dislike their gran or their dad but don’t worry, Pearse delivers on unlikeable characters too. I also liked that the novel opened with some information about the twin’s mother and how her being in an asylum featured throughout the story as it affected the twin’s actions, without Pearse needing to detail cold and disturbing accounts of their mother in an asylum, as a nearly abstract character, she played vital role in the novel. Twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham were fifteen years old when their mother was taken away in an ambulance; only a matter of days later they were driven by their father to stay at Nightingales. Deep in the New Forest countryside, it was where their father had grown up; their grandmother lived there, but they didn’t much like her. She was a stiff and unemotional old woman who couldn’t be bothered with her grandchildren. Janice, the housekeeper, was Maisy and Duncan’s lifeline. She treated them as her own, lavishing affection on them both and baking them delicious cakes…