- Hardcover
- Publisher: Cemetery Dance Pubns; Limited edition (May 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1587671204
- ISBN-13: 978-1587671203
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 422 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,048,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Burke (Turtle Boy) offers a new twist on the by-now familiar "I see dead people" subgenre in this fast-paced horror novella. Ohio teenager Timmy Quinn has the mysterious ability to see murder victims, and to share those visions with the murderers. Quinn does not seek to run from his burden, but when his parents divorce, he agrees to his father's request to join him in their ancestral Ireland community, a small seafaring town. Sure enough, gory ghosts appear, leading him to wonder who was responsible for their deaths. The climactic battle with an otherworldly embodiment of pain and suffering in an ancient tanning factory jars a bit, as it seems more like a scene from a 1950s film like The Blob than part of a ghost story. Still, Burke is a newcomer worth watching.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Subtlety Returns to the Horror Story, July 23 2006
By Susan Goldberg - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hides (Hardcover)
After years upon years of too much, too loud, too bloody, too graphic, Kealan Patrick Burke arrives on the scene to give us a more mature and subtle approach to the horror tale. A kind of Medium meets Stand By Me, the story is as much a sensitive coming of age novel as it is a horror story, and as such we CARE about the characters. I think this is easily one of the best horror novels of 2005. No question about it.
Now, Mr. Burke...give us more of the same!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A new master of "quiet" horror, Nov 18 2005
By Reader/author - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hides (Hardcover)
Mr. Burke is a gifted author in the tradition of Charles Grant, and The Turtle Boy quietly makes your skin crawl. Great stuff!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kept me up late reading at night!, Sep 22 2011
By Julie A Gonzalez - Published on Amazon.com
I discovered this author, Mr Burke, from his first book in Timmy Quinn series. Im finding these stories spooky and creepy and defiently pages turners. Mr Burke is very expressive in his writing. Though my Favorite author is Dean Koontz, Mr Burke is becoming my next favorite author!! Already bought books 3 & 4 of this series for my Kindle. Great reading.
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