Gideon
Alex Gordon
Harper Voyager, Jan 6 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9780061687372
In rainy Seattle, Lauren Reardon grieves the death of her fiftyish
father John less than a year after her mom Angela passed away. Cremating him like they did her mom, Lauren goes
to the family house to collect receipts that John’s financial advisor Frank
Welles requested. There she finds The
Book Of Endor, written in Gideon, Illinois during the year of the Great Fire of
1871. Inside is a photo of her dad as
point guard for the Gideon team but his name is listed as Matthew Mullins and apparently he was a witch
descending from generations of witches.
Confused she turns to her BFF Katie who in turn
introduces her to Dilys the spiritual expert.
However soon after their meeting, Dilys dies in a car accident. Needing the truth Lauren heads to Gideon
where most people make it clear they want her to leave immediately. The one exception to her unwelcome arrival is
a malevolent spirit that has haunted the town with a thirst to rejoin the
living since innocent Nicholas Blaine was burned
at the stake in 1836.
Gideon is a taut horror tale, in which the
supernatural seems natural due to the way the witches’ deploy their paranormal
power, the vigilant deer in the headlights visitor, and especially Blaine’s
obsessed spirit. Filled with suspense
and a critical historical anchor, subgenre fans will relish visiting this haunted
town.
Harriet Klausner
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