Back Roads

by Robin Wright

Beth and Dale had done it a million times before: Pick a road and see where it takes you. On this beautiful summer day, they chose the wrong road. A car accident sends the two of them walking, finally coming to an old farmhouse on an otherwise deserted path. They hope to find help, but instead they find Hell.

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First published May 20, 2011

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Be careful of taking any back roads you don't know, that's the clear message from the book. A young couple has a car accident on top of a mountain. They try to find someone to call roadside assistance. Well, they come to the house of a hick family. The description of the locations and especially the scene with the baby is extremely creepy. If you see people in such a devasteded condition like the people presented here, run as fast as you can. The end of the book was a bit surprising. If you aren't afraid of gore, hicks and some extreme violence then you might risk a peak. Well written, Lynyrd Skynyrd playing in the background, a great story for every Texas Chain Saw Massacre aficionado.

[Lori Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, so I didn't know what this was going to be outside of figuring out that it was a horror story. And wow of wow, what a freaking amazing story it is. And I'm saying it because I started reading it on the bus into work, finished it at lunchtime and am sitting here with a dodgy stomach because it affected me THAT much.

Anything I say would be a spoiler and let me say that it ddn't go anywhere I expected it to. The ending killed me (thankfully, not literally) and well, the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because I was pissed about one thing in it which was entirely my head-space and nothing to do with the author or story but damn it, I wanted a different ending.

Really readable. Highly recommended.

[Gail Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely creepy - a great choice for horror fans who don't have a lot of reading time.