Possession
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4.1 • 68 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
A terrifying novel of a young man who is willing to defy everything. Even death...
Fabian Hightower has been killed in a car crash. At least, that is what a policeman is asking Alex, his mother to believe. But Alex knows she saw him that morning - at a time when he must have been dead.
When the funeral is over Alex tries hard to forget her bizarre experience. But her mind seems to be playing strange tricks on her, turning her grief into horror. When she turns to a medium her worst fears are realised. Fabian has unfinished business and he is determined to come back. But why?
Whatever the answer, something terrifies the medium so much she refuses to return. Alex longs to
turn to others for support. But there is a secret about Fabian that only she knows - a secret she must never share...
'One of the best crime writers in the business.' Karin Slaughter
'Genuinely frightening ... only Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Stephen King's The Shining have scared me as much.' Evening Standard
Read more from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels:
Possession
Dreamer
Sweet Heart
Twilight
Prophecy
Host
Alchemist
Denial
The Truth
Faith
* Each Peter James novel can be read as a standalone*
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This mediocre horror thriller is British writer James's fourth novel, but the first to be published in this country. When divorcee Alex Hightower's 20-year-old son Fabian is killed in an auto accident, strange things begin to happen, and Alex comes to believe the boy is trying to make contact with her. Thoroughly shaken, she does some investigating and learns that Fabian was not the charming adolescent she had believed him to be. In fact, he may have murdered an ex-girlfriend. A seance with a psychic only confirms Alex's fears that Fabian's angry spirit wants to return, with her help. Events build to an explosion of violence and death, but just when Alex feels free, there is a final horrifying development. Unfortunately, James relies on repetitious, stale effects: rooms grow cold rapidly, friends and strangers whisper in sinister tones, ``He wants to come back.'' We are often told that Alex is frightened, but the writing is so mechanical that the reader rarely feels anything but irritation. 100,000 first printing; major ad/promo.
Customer Reviews
Amazing, I crying through some parts
First book by this author and won't be the last!! Truly brilliant, thick plot, lots to think about loads of foreshadowing
Possession
Not one of his best and I've read quite a few of his books now. The story seemed to unfold in a long-winded way with few twists and turns. I found the main outcome predictable from about half way through. Compared to his usual interesting and engaging characters I found these a bit thin and with stereotyped traits.
However, it wouldn't put me off reading other Peter James books as I think this is simply one very average apple in an otherwise high quality orchard !!