Product Description

Catherine and Phillip believe that the suicides of three men, the desecrations of a number of children's graves, and the suspected child abuse of a number of school pupils are connected in some way. It soon becomes apparent that the specter of child abuse is merely the tip of a terrifying iceberg.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #507907 in Books
• Published on: 1997-02-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 403 pages

Review
'Taut writing, crisp plot and scoring very respectably in the spine chilling department prove that he has not lost his macabre touch.' NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

About the Author
Shaun Hutson is a best-selling author of horror fiction and has written novels under eight different pseudonyms. He has also contributed stories to 'Kerrang' and 'Raw' and used to host Sky TV's 'Monsters of Rock' programme. He lives in Buckinghamshire.

Customer Reviews

A disappointing book, especially the ending
Hutson writes in a clear, simple style that is easy to read and he has peopled his book with a full cast of characters. Unfortunately this book has no other good points.

The naturalistic elements in the book were clumsily handled. I know of no school that would deal with child protection in quite the way described and the Inspector's sudden conversion to belief in the occult was inexplicable. The occult elements themselves were not married well with the rest of the book and I found it quite impossible to suspend disbelief.

However, the most disappointing part of the book was its ending which was very sudden. I didn't realise when I reached the end that this was the end of the story and I kept turning pages looking for the rest of it. I had no sense of completion of the main plot and there were a number of questions left unanswered about the subplots. It was as if Hutson had run out of time or inspiration and simply stopped.

There are so many good books to read that I really can't recommend this one. If you must read it, my advice it to try to get it from a charity shop and then take it back afterwards so they can sell it again. Then at least it will be doing somebody some good.

Hmmmm
This not the best book I've ever read, but neither is it the worst. It's the first Shaun Hutson book I have read and I was gripped from the start, however I did have several problems with the book. There were several inconsistencies in the plot, such as sudden opinion changes by characters and plot lines which were set up and then just dropped with no completion (e.g. Talbot's mother). I also felt that the representations of child protect and of the occult were inaccurate and in the case of the occult stereotyped and in no way researched accurately. The ending was very disappointing, as the book just stopped; I actually thought there must be a sequel (that's how I ended up here I was looking for the next book in the story!) Maybe Hutson's intention is to write a sequel to the book, or maybe he had just had enough of writing this story; which ever the case it was a very disappointing ending. Overall I wouldn't recommend this book, unless you have ran out of things to read and are looking for something that's in my opinion quite superficial.

Hugely Dissapointed
I had read 3 or 4 Hutson books before and they were all great. Then I read ' Stolen Angels ' . It was decent until the end. What end? I was so utterly dissapointed I swore I would never read another Hutson book again. Maybe he was under pressure to get it finished. It felt like it could do with another 100-200 pages. What a let down.