Tras la pérdida de su esposa, el periodista Patrick Rush decide unirse a un grupo de escritura creativa para tratar de dar un giro a su decepcionante vida profesional. La ciudad de Toronto vive en estos momentos la pesadilla de un misterioso asesino, al que la policía no consigue dar caza. Bajo la influencia de este ambiente de miedo colectivo, los miembros del taller empiezan a escribir sus primeros cuentos. Angela, con sus relatos sobre el hombre del saco, un ladrón de niños con características sospechosamente parecidas a las del auténtico asesino, es la que más éxito tiene y por la que Patrick siente una atracción especial. Poco después, tras la muerte de ella en un extraño accidente de tráfico, el periodista toma una decisión que tendrá unas consecuencias y que provocará que cada vez le cueste más distinguir entre sueños y realidad. Cuando su propio hijo desaparece de repente, su vida se convierte en una auténtica pesadilla.

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Enjoy! ( )

I was really into this book for the first half and then it took all my willpower to finish the book. It starts with a bang and an interesting premise but then it looses steam. Mediocre thriller at best. ( )

Patrick Rush is a widow who is bringing up his son Sam. He decides to join a writing group which has a mixed bag of members. One by one the members start to end up dead or missing. Then there is only Patrick left.

This book I found quite different. For a change it was a crime story but not police procedure. At times I felt that the book was bordering on horror /fantasy.

I enjoyed Patricks narrative of events and was really into the story. I was hoping for a satisfactory ending and was not disappointed on that score at all.

I enjoyed the story and didn't guess who was the perp and was even more pleased with the twist as it gave the book that final edge. There were a couple of events in the book that I felt were slightly unbelievable but it didn't detract from the story.

I haven't read any books by this author before and having read this one I would read more by this author ( )

I won this through the Goodreads giveaways and I'm so glad. I stayed up all night to finish it, which I haven't felt compelled to do for a book in a long time, and I found it unnerving enough that I had to check the lock on the door and look in the closets about halfway through. I naturally have an overactive imagination anyway, but I haven't been this creeped out by a book in years. The story is intricate and nonlinear, and even though the narrator Patrick is kind of distant (which is appropriate for his character), the present tense narration made his story feel very close and immediate. That was especially good for the scary bits when Patrick felt someone had been in his house or in his yard or following him. The way the writing circle worked in and the novel that Patrick writes -- the idea that our lives, our identities, are stories that can be told and therefore stolen -- gave the book depth, as well. I couldn't guess where the story was going so the ending had real impact. This was a great, chilling read and I'm going to have to look up Pyper's other books. ( )