Looking for a Shivery Read?

We’re in the midst of the spooky season of Halloween, so I figured everyone could use a scary book or two for their collection Well, you’re in luck. It just so happens there are two local authors who have penned books that are sure to send a chill right up your spine. [image error]


If a story about mummies sounds fascinating, check out Sarah Angleton’s new book, Gentleman of Misfortune. I read this one and the suspense kept me up at night turning pages. Here’s a blurb to whet your appetite and set the stage:



Gentleman swindler Lyman Moreau is accustomed to changing his identity to suit his schemes. A new opportunity arrives when a collection of eleven mummies and several papyri covered in indecipherable hieroglyphs are due to arrive in New York’s South Street Seaport direct from the Valley of the Kings. Enlisting the help of a crooked customs agent and a black market antiquities dealer, he assumes the identity of Michael Chandler, nephew of deceased Egyptologist Antonio Lebolo, and lays claim to the shipment.


The showman’s plan to amass his fortune displaying the stolen artifacts across the country becomes more complicated when one of his accomplices dies a suspicious death, causing Lyman and the man’s beautiful widow to make a hasty escape from the city. Through four states, along the Erie Canal, and eventually to the doorstep of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, Lyman exhibits his dusty companions before a curious public. Rarely more than a few breaths ahead of his enemies, Lyman struggles to keep his prize from slipping away as he tangles with grief, love, [image error]betrayal, and a growing sense of his own mortality.



 


I think you’ll enjoy reading! Click HERE to learn more.


Perhaps you’d enjoy a book that involves some ghosts who are guaranteed to scare you sock-less.  If so, take a look at J.J. Zerr’s latest novel, The Ghosts of Chateau du Chasse. I’ve read this one, too, and can vouch for its high level of creepiness. Here’s the blurb:



Bill Marshall is a senior US Navy fighter pilot, who will not make admiral. During his career, he spoke his mind too often to the wrong superior officers. His wife, Kate, has subordinated her ambitions for Bill and for their children, but she has an opportunity for a great job. Bill decides to resign and support his wife, however, the US Navy has one more job they need from Bill. He receives orders to NATO military headquarters in Belgium. Kate feels betrayed by her husband and struggles to swallow her anger to preserve their marriage for the sake of her children. As Kate and Bill work to resolve their earthly problems, their new castle home places them on a spiritual battlefield where a two-hundred-year-old struggle between innocence and evil rushes toward a conclusion.



 


Yes, some spooky stuff indeed! Click HERE to learn more.


Reader peeps, I hope you find these spook-tacular books by talented local authors the perfect way to spend an evening or two or three. Enjoy reading, and please remember to leave a review. As little as a sentence or two is all you need.


And guess what? You’ll make an author very happy.


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Pat Wahler is the author of I am Mrs. Jesse James, and Let Your Heart Be Light: A Celebration of Christmas. She is co-author of Midnight the One-Eyed Cat. Find her books at your local book store or on line vendor. 


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Published on October 24, 2018 15:07
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