13 Months Haunted
A Novel
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- ¥2,000
発行者による作品情報
From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s
Piper Lowery, a public library clerk in charge of liaising with the local middle school, can tell right away there’s something strange about the new girl in eighth grade. Avery Wallace won’t touch any kind of technology, not even the computers at the library, and her mother comes to school with her every day, refusing to leave her side—not even when Avery uses the restroom.
And then there are the rumors, the whispers Piper hears from kids in the hallway and parents around town: Avery’s mother is a witch. Her sister and father were killed by something supernatural. A strange virus killed them.
Seeing how isolated and lonely Avery is, Piper befriends her but quickly realizes it might just be the worst decision she’s ever made. Because there’s something dark inside Avery Wallace, and it’s spreading . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this inventive if belabored horror-mystery mash-up from Juliano (Dead Eleven), 22-year-old library clerk Piper Lowery visits a Clover Creek, Wis., middle school in October 2000 to collect entries for her library's scary story competition. The spookiest of the bunch comes from a new student, Avery Wallace, whose mother, Susan, literally never leaves her side. Rumors swirl that Avery's father and sister were killed by something haunting her former house—a tale that bears several similarities to Avery's contest submission. During a shift at the library, Piper notices Avery avoiding the computers and reacting fearfully to an unseen presence. Days later, Piper finds the dead body of the classmate who bullied Avery, a dark mist hovering over the corpse. Terrified but curious, Piper investigates, documenting her findings and suspicions in her increasingly popular anonymous blog, but the truth is more spine-chilling than she or her audience can guess. Juliano's premise is fresh, the central puzzle is intriguing, and a present-day frame narrative told by one of Piper's distant cousins raises the stakes. Unfortunately, Piper never quite comes off the page, and Juliano oversaturates the book with unnecessary period detail. This aims high but falls short.
