The Faceless
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1907992758 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Simon Bestwick writes with great imaginative flair and an excellent grasp of colour and narrative pace." . Simon Bestwick lives in Lancashire and is the author of a previous novel, Tide Of Souls, two short story collections, A Hazy Shade Of Winter and Pictures Of The Dark, and a chapbook, Angels Of The Silences. His novella The Narrows was shortli
Unconnected events begin to align as Detective Chief Inspector Renwick realises these mysterious figures have chosen targets and an even bigger plan.In the Lancashire town of Kempforth, people are vanishing. And local historian Anna Mason pieces together a history of cruelty and exploitation almost beyond belief, born out of the horrors of war – while in the decaying corridors and lightless rooms of a long-abandoned hospital, something terrible is waiting for them all.. In Manchester, terrifying visions summon TV psychic Allen Cowell and his sister Vera back to the town they swore they’d left forever. When two year old Roseanne Trevor disappears, Detective Chief Inspector Renwick vows to stop at nothing until she finds her. As local townsfolk in a northern city disappear masked men with sinister links to the past haunt the streets. Chilling supernatural horror and the police procedural col
His novella The Narrows was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror Of The Year, while the Daily Telegraph praised Tide Of Souls for "the quality of the writing. His short fiction has appeared most recently in the anthologies Where The Heart Is, Never Again and Solaris Books’ End Of The Line. About the AuthorSimon Bestwick lives in Lancashire and is the author of a previous novel, Tide Of Souls, two short story collections, A Hazy Shade Of Winter and Pictures Of The Dark, and a chapbook, Angels Of The Silences. Simon Bestwick writes with great imaginative flair and an excellent grasp of colour and narrative pace." . He’s also written numerous scripts for radio
the real horror is history jfm326 The best horror novels always refer to something real: fear if death, fear of life, fear of the past or the future. This novel speaks to the traumatic memory of the Great War, which profoundly changed our civilization.