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The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper
Nov. 30th, 2008 01:48 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Who is the Sandman: Dream Figure or killer?
When recently widowed journalist Patrick Rush joins a creative writing group in Toronto, it proves a fertile time for his imagination. A terrifying killer is taunting the police, leaving cryptic clues on the horribly dismembered bodies of his victims.
Soon the group, influenced by the atmosphere of menace and fear that pervades the city, begin to write their own dark, unsettling tales. One, Angela, tells a mesmerizing story about a child-stealer called the Sandman. Patrick, though, finds fantasy and reality are becoming blurred. What does the Sandman have to do with the real-life maniac? Does Angela know something ... and is he himself being stalked by the killer?
But it is only when his own son is snatched that Patrick finally understands what he must do: embark on a horrifying journey into the unknown, to where our darkest dreams and realities meet. To the Sandman.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The writing's good and I liked the creepy ambiguity of the ghost scenes, but there wasn't enough here for me to really care about the central character and the notion of a son-in-peril doesn't work when the son is too precocious to be credible.
When recently widowed journalist Patrick Rush joins a creative writing group in Toronto, it proves a fertile time for his imagination. A terrifying killer is taunting the police, leaving cryptic clues on the horribly dismembered bodies of his victims.
Soon the group, influenced by the atmosphere of menace and fear that pervades the city, begin to write their own dark, unsettling tales. One, Angela, tells a mesmerizing story about a child-stealer called the Sandman. Patrick, though, finds fantasy and reality are becoming blurred. What does the Sandman have to do with the real-life maniac? Does Angela know something ... and is he himself being stalked by the killer?
But it is only when his own son is snatched that Patrick finally understands what he must do: embark on a horrifying journey into the unknown, to where our darkest dreams and realities meet. To the Sandman.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The writing's good and I liked the creepy ambiguity of the ghost scenes, but there wasn't enough here for me to really care about the central character and the notion of a son-in-peril doesn't work when the son is too precocious to be credible.
