A small Alaskan town.
A missing boy.
A brutal murder.
A detective brought in from out of state to assist the former Sherriff who investigated a similar murder twenty-five years ago.
But are they hunting a twisted psychopath - or something even more terrifying?
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It would be wrong to say that life had passed Beau Grainger by.1
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(Penguin, 11 April 2024, e-galley, 352 pages, copy from the publisher via NetGalley)
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I'm a huge fan of the author and couldn't wait to read The Gathering. The author is great at writing dark, unsettling fiction. This book is no exception, a dark, unsettling delight. I loved every page. This book offers an interesting take of the popular horror trope - vampires. In this book vampires live among humans and are a sort of protected species. There are even special police officers who investigate murders that appear to have been the work of a vampire colony to determine their guilt or innocence. The small town where the book is set has a vampire colony nearby and not everyone is happy about this or believes vampires and human should or can live in relative harmony. I love horror set in small towns as it tends to be so much darker and unsettling. This is a rollicking horror yarn. I loved it.
