Haven
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4.2 • 6 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
In 1961, the small town of Haven thought they'd gotten rid of their monster.
After a series of child killings, Paul Greymore was caught carrying a wounded girl. His face, disfigured from a childhood accident, seemed to confirm he was the monster the community hoped to banish. With Paul in prison, the killings stopped.
For seventeen years, Haven was peaceful again. But Paul served his time and has now returned to Haven--the town where he grew up, and the scene of his alleged crimes. Paul insists he didn't commit those crimes, and several townspeople believe him including the local priest, a young boy named Denny, and his best friend Billy.
Trouble is, now that Paul is back home, the bizarre killings have started again--and the patterns match the deaths from Haven's past. If Paul isn't the killer, who is?
Or WHAT is? An unlikely band of adventurers attempts to uncover the truth, delving into long-hidden tunnels that might actually be inhabited by a strange, predatory creature.
Haven is a compelling horror epic in the spirit of It or Summer of Night, and a stunning debut novel from a gifted author who knows that the darkest horrors lurk inside human beings, even when there is a monster on the loose.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Every 17 years, something goes terribly wrong in the small New England town of Haven. In 1978, 12-year-old Denny O'Brien worries about reconnecting with his emotionally closed-off mother, being targeted by town bullies, and facing the return of the Butcher, a local man convicted of a string of murders in 1961. When people start to go missing and die, the police chief wants to score again by pinning it all on the Butcher. Debut novelist Deady closely examines his setting, showing how the difficulties of facing down mob hysteria and starting over after a lifetime of failure can be as deadly as an escaped military bioweapon. But the lake monster that's actually responsible for the deaths looms too large for its human opponents to hold on to center stage. Like the patchwork creature that hunts and haunts the residents of Haven, this tale of many disparate parts tries to catch its readers in tentacles of terror, but it lacks the brutal efficiency of its killer beast.
Customer Reviews
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Great book! Found it impossible to put down. I am from Boston so loved the New England names and places in the book. Can’t wait to read your next book. Tom, You’ve come a long way since Fitchburg