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This Old Evil House - Laura Frances Brooks
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From the book cover: She made the strange turquoise house reveal its terrible secret - and found herself staring into death's face...

This is an Ace Gothic (No. 16) book in their series.

I found this book to be a typical gothic story - old, mysterious house, innocent occupants, strange neighbors, a murder, a secret and middle-of-night noises. This was also a typical gothic in that the husband didn't believe his wife's experiences in the house or what she said about the neighbors.

The resolution came a bit too abruptly unlike most stories written today. The characters were written in detail and there was a nice sense of place.

I'd probably recommend this book, but only if you had nothing else to read Wink Not that it was bad but sometimes the attitudes and to-stupid-to-live syndrome was way too prevalent, for me at least.
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This Old Evil House - Laura Frances Brooks - by coramunroe - 05-22-2009, 09:19 AM

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