In the Spider's House
Sarah Diamond
Felony & Mayhem, Apr 7 2015, $14.95
ISBN: 9781631940309
Due to his boss demanding they move to Abbots Newton in Dorset if he wants to remain employed, Carl and Anna
Howell leave the big city to rusticate in a small village; a locale notoriously
renowned for the 1960s tweener murderess Rebecca Fisher. When Anna learns that Fisher once lived in
their new home, she feels motivated to find out more about the ten year old
killer who slayed her BFF; as she believes she could turn this decades-old
tragedy into a novel.
However, Anna’s inquiries upset the villagers who prefer to forget
this horrific homicide. As the newcomer
uncovers shocking information, the locals threaten her if she does not
immediately end her endeavor. Feeling a
deep compulsion to continue and ignore the increasingly dangerous provocations
aimed at her; obsessed Anna begins to believe what really happened is radically
different from what was reported to have happened.
Unstable Anna and the reactions of the villagers she alienates
with her investigation turn In the Spider's House into
a taut psychological thriller. Although
one-dimensional Carl detracts from an otherwise tense suspense by what he does
not do; the audience wonders whether Anna’s obsession is causing her to
reach a false conclusion or uncovering an inconvenient truth.
Harriet Klausner
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