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In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief (Blackstone Chronicles) (edizione 1997)

di John Saul (Autore)

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While digging through his attic, Oliver Metcalf discovers a handkerchief with a beautifully embroidered R in one corner and gives it to Rebecca, but this handkerchief has a terrifying history and is about to take part in another nightmare, in the fourth of six-part serial. Original.
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Titolo:In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief (Blackstone Chronicles)
Autori:John Saul (Autore)
Info:Fawcett (1997), Edition: 1st, 96 pages
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Well thought out. Looks like Saul had a lot of fun writing these short but woven stories. ( )
  JHemlock | Sep 9, 2019 |
Re-read.

After the tragedy that had befallen her aunt Martha and cousin Andrea, Rebecca is taken in by Germaine Wagner, who is just an asshat! The way the people in this town treat Rebecca is just infuriating. But I digress, she basically wants to use Rebecca as slave labor and to have someone else to do the bidding of her overbearing mother so that she can get a break from it.

Oliver Metcalf, who is at the heart of all of the weirdness going on in the town of Blackstone--though he doesn't know it-- is sweet on Rebecca. After "finding" a beautiful hand embroidered handkerchief in a box in his attic, he thinks it would be the perfect gift for Rebecca--because it's embroidered with the initial "R".

Evil and heartless as they come, Germaine confiscates the handkerchief from Rebecca stating that she would only ruin it, and that she would gift it to her mother, Clara. Clara freaks out when she sees this thing, so Germaine takes it back and decides to keep it for herself. Little did she know she was doing Rebecca a favor because, the owner of said handkerchief is prone to vivid hallucinations. The town's latest tragedy strikes the Wagners, and I have to say it couldn't have happened to a nicer pair of women.

Meanwhile Oliver is trying hard to uncover repressed memories from his childhood, which, if remember, could shed some light on what is happening in his town. ( )
  ViragoReads | Sep 21, 2018 |
Das Irrenhaus thront seit Jahrzehnten über der Stadt Blackstone. Seit einigen Jahren steht es leer und die Einwohner beschließen, es zu einem Center umbauen zu lassen, um endlich die alte Erinnerung daran loszuwerden.
Doch jemand (oder etwas) will das verhindern. Des Nachts schleicht es im alten Gemäuer herum. Dabei sucht es sorgfältig „Geschenke“ für die Einwohner aus, die sie an den jeweiligen Bestimmungsort und die jeweiligen Zielperson bringt.
Doch an den Geschenken haftet noch die schreckliche Erinnerung an die Geschehnisse in der Irrenanstalt und treibt einzelne in den Wahnsinn.
Schon bald kommen einige, darunter Oliver Metcalf, Sohn des ehemaligen Direktors der Anstalt, auf die Idee, dass etwas ganz und gar nicht stimmt.

Der Titel jedes Bandes (mit Ausnahme des Letzten) verrät dem Leser das besagte Geschenk und im Laufe der Geschichte wird auch immer klarer, für wen was bestimmt ist.
John Saul ist meiner Meinung nach eher ein Horrorautor, der so ziemlich in die trashige Schiene schlägt, aber mit dieser Reihe hat er mich überzeugt, ihn auch als ernsthaften Horrorautor wahrzunehmen. Die Geschichte ist sehr gut strukturiert und bis zum Ende bleibt eigentlich unklar, wer hinter der ganzen Sache steckt. Die einzelnen Bände sind in sich prinzipiell abgeschlossen, allein das Geheimnis des Großen und Ganzen lässt das Verlangen im Leser wachsen, zum nächsten Band zu greifen.

Abgesehen davon: Wer auf Geschichten steht, in denen Irrenhäuser und deren Patienten und wiederrum deren Geschichten eine zentrale Rolle spielen, kommt mit den Blackstone Chroniken auf den Geschmack. Die Reihe besticht nicht durch seine Grausamkeit oder durch blutige Ausschmückungen, sondern vielmehr durch den psychischen Horror, der dem Leser dargeboten wird. ( )
  TheFallingAlice | Jan 15, 2017 |
Of course all these serialized stories are demented, but this one a little more so with the handkerchief and ending. You can't feel that bad for the victim since she was so unappealing. This one flows quicker and as an easier read than some of the others, not sure why, maybe because the side-story doesn't lag much and the new revelations about the main plot are finally arrived fuller in force. ( )
  ErinPaperbackstash | Jun 14, 2016 |
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While digging through his attic, Oliver Metcalf discovers a handkerchief with a beautifully embroidered R in one corner and gives it to Rebecca, but this handkerchief has a terrifying history and is about to take part in another nightmare, in the fourth of six-part serial. Original.

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