From
the back cover
“Welcome
to Babylon, a typical sleepy small town, where years earlier the Larkin family
suffered a tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old
Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is
beyond the reach of the law.
“But
something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue,
a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the
local cemetery in an implacable march of terror. . . And beneath the murky
surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. Night
after night it will pursue the murderer. And when the full moon rises over
Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance.”
Review
Cold is an
excellent, character-rich and steady-build horror/revenge tale, unrushed in its
cinematic-vivid, unfolding terrors, truths and consequences. Its arc and ending
are not unpredictable but, in this case, it is the atmospheric, masterfully
wrought journey that matters, cherry-topped with a deliciously low-key but
devastating end-line. Worth reading and owning, this.
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