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Ben soon finds himself torn between leaving as soon as he can and his feelings for the alluring Ellen Hornsby. However, the longer Ben stays in town, the more questions he has. Who is the killer? How are these murders connected to similar crimes committed 30 years before? And why haven't the townspeople done anything?

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Parts were engaging and others fell short

The story is good, but loses flow for me during the climax. I wanted more development of the supernatural element. The ending leaves me interested, and wondering about a book 2. The main character is insecure at times then firm and confident others- leaving me a little confused.
The performance was distracting. Jack and the mechanic were great. Ben was inconsistent. Ellen came off 20 years older than Ben (perhaps she was). The flow was steady and nice, the editing was great.


I Really Wanted to Like it

The concept is really good! and some parts of the book were definitely creepy - but most of the story fell flat and the dialogue was so forced it took me out of the world of the book. I found it very hard to suspend my disbelief listening to this book.


Just a bad, boring story

sorry I bought this, not good at all, kept thinking it might get better but it never did.



I am a serious Lore fan, and Aaron Mahnke is a great story teller. Thus I was expecting a great performance. Didn't happen. Jason Jewett does NOT fit this novel. So disappointed through the whole listen. I liked the story, however.


excellent book

Good book for a mystery thriller of lore. These are books that give us historical thriller.


I didn't really care for the narrator much. However the book was ok. I enjoyed the story line.

Leaves you wondering what is next.

Starts a bit slow, but picks up and leaves which curiosity in what is going to happen next.


This a solid story. It's classic Saturday night monster movie stuff that satisfies the kid in me that loves a good B flick. It does suffer from some inconsistencies in the character's behavior and the occasional POV slip but nothing that kills it. The biggest hang up may have been the narration. I'm afraid Jason Jewett's light tone didn't do much to bring out the atmosphere of shadows and dred Aaron Mahnke was creating with his words.

I'm quite a fan.

The novel feels like it was written by a new writer, not to say that it isn't good and worth a listen. I very much loved the story and look forward to other titles by this author!


<br />Great!

I loved this story and the narrator was good! I really liked how it combined folk lore into the story, and I wasn't expecting it to be what it was. I will definitely read more stories from this author.



Missing Aaron mahnke

The narrator is not right for stories of this kind . He's slow and does not have the audience at the edge of their seats

Good Storytelling

I recently found Aaron Mahnke's podcast Lore and was immediately hooked. I binged on the over 60 episodes and then sought out his books. This was my first. I wasn't disappointed.