Something terrible and unnatural is happening in a once-peaceful small town. One by one the worst fantasies of ordinary people are coming horribly to life. At the centre of it all is Laura Bennett, a young reporter who senses that she may be the source of a demonic evil - or its ultimate victim.
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The supernatural horror elements in Hyman's second novel, after The Eyes of a Stranger , may not convince as thoroughly as Stephen King's but her story moves smartly. In 1992 San Paradiso, Calif., the mayor is prime suspect in a series of murders, a senator's wife receives pornographic photos of herself, an upright judge is reportedly hinting at a gubernatorial race--but all three know these "facts" are wrong. It's as if each has a double. Elsewhere in the world, Paris suffers earthquakes, a fanatic Ayatollah conquers Saudi Arabia and world leaders (including the U.S. president) are kidnapped at a summit meeting. In San Paradiso, reporter Laura Bennett learns that her long-dead father had been tormented by the devils in Goya's painting "The Witches' Sabbath." Troubles climax in San Paradiso as these demons, who can "echo" anyone, turn to Laura as the Devil's potential bride. Enabled by inner strength to shrug off a fate worse than death, Laura nevertheless experiences horrors that would be even scarier as movie special effects.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Like the best of Dean Koontz's supernatural chillers, this novel forces readers to suspend disbelief--in this case, to the point of accepting the premise that demons are taking over the world. Strange, literally earthshaking events are taking place: the kidnapping and murder of several world leaders, earthquakes in France, fissures in the earth. In San Paradiso, California, several powerful people suddenly have look-alikes behaving oddly, even murderously. Political reporter Laura Bennett must fight the demons within herself to retrieve from her memory the explanation for this otherworldly invasion. Former AP editor and veteran novelist Hyman ( The Eyes of a Stranger , St. Martin's, 1987) has written a compelling tale, recommended for horror collections.
- Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Paranormal mystery challenges modern Lois Lane
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By Lou M. Nelson
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Dead bodies and quirky characters abound in this supernatural suspense novel whose heroine is courted by a devil out of a Goya painting. Politics mix with paranormal death as reporter Laura Bennett tries to unravel the mysterious passing of her father, a death that seems oddly to parallel the sudden passing of a charismatic senator she is covering for her paper. To soothe Laura's worries that she will lose the man she loves to political ambition in the wake of the senator's demise, she reads letters from her father, and suddenly the author sweeps the reader--wonderfully, surprisingly--into the past in the father's point of view as he arrives in Spain, the country of Goya's birth.
There are countless amazements awaiting the reader who likes gritty suspense with an other-worldly edge and a strong female lead. Jacqueline Diamond, a former reporter for the Associated Press, writes the news-writer character with an authentic voice and a credible take on politics and world events gone eerily upside-down.
--Louella Nelson, author and writing instructor
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There are countless amazements awaiting the reader who likes gritty suspense with an other-worldly edge and a strong female lead. Jacqueline Diamond, a former reporter for the Associated Press, writes the news-writer character with an authentic voice and a credible take on politics and world events gone eerily upside-down.
--Louella Nelson, author and writing instructor
Mail-Order Mate (Harlequin American Romance)Freedom's Fortune (Harlequin Superromance No. 128)Sentinel at Dawn (Harlequin Superromance No. 96)
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A Paranormal Murder Mystery
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Echoes is an unusual book in that it's not your average paranormal. I loved the secondary characters -- they're perhaps just a touch more fascinating than the main character. But there's a compelling, complex plot and plenty of action with a murder, mystery, and a great twist at the end.
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