Book Review: Passing Through Veils

About the Book

A fusion of Shirley Jackson and Gillian Flynn, Passing Through Veils is a gripping psychological thriller about Kathryn Fields who moves into a run-down Georgetown, D.C. townhouse in hopes that restoring it will be a metaphor for her own rehabilitation from the recent nervous breakdown that derailed her promising career.

But when she discovers a forgotten vanity behind a false wall in her bedroom and the secrets hidden there, the veil between the real and the surreal is abruptly pierced, and the ghost of a beautiful woman who was murdered in this very townhouse escapes to seek revenge.

Is this simply a fantasy of Katherine’s damaged psyche?

Or have her own demons finally escaped to torment her?

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Through-Veils-John-Harrison/dp/168057423X/

My Review

Passing Through Veils, by John Harrison is a perplexing paranormal thriller with twists and turns to keep readers guessing. Deceit and intrigue mark this cold case story delves into an unsolved murder that took place 30 years ago. But the dead don’t rest and may be out for revenge.

Kathryn is looking for a new start after a breakdown that sent her to mental hospital. Now she’s trying to pick up the pieces and build a new life, in a new job and a new house. But something in the house won’t let the past lie, driving her to search for the truth. But to solve the murder, she is forced to confront the demons of her own past, threatening to unravel her sanity. When she gets too close to uncovering what really happened in this house so long ago, she doesn’t know where the bigger threat comes from, the spirit that prompts her to learn the truth, or the murderer who is about to be revealed.

A paranormal thriller that will keep readers guessing until the final scene. I give Through Passing Veils five quills.

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