FICTION

Help for the Haunted

by John Searles
Morrow. Sept. 2013. 368p. ISBN 9780060779634. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062199430. F
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OrangeReviewStar"No one makes eye contact or talks to me unless it is to taunt me about my parents and the things that happened to them—the thing that almost happened to me too…." Sylvie Mason and her sister, Rose, are left to fend for themselves after a fateful night that claims their parents' lives. A mysterious phone call is all it took to send her parents out in a blizzard, to a church from which they never returned. All that remains are questions, and Sylvie is determined to find out the truth even if it means going down to the scariest, darkest place in her house: the basement.
VERDICT Searles (Boy Still Missing; Strange But True), has written a truly creepy, smart psychological thriller that will keep readers turning pages until the very end. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, 3/18/13.]
Reviewed by Cynthia Price, Francis Marion Univ. Lib., Florence, SC , Aug 01, 2013
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