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Sick House

By: Jeff Strand
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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It's a home invasion from beyond the grave in this novel of unrelenting terror from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Pressure, Dweller, and Wolf Hunt.

It doesn't seem like the perfect house, but screw it, it's good enough to rent for a year. Unfortunately for Boyd, Adeline, and their two young daughters, it's immediately clear they chose the wrong place.

The nightmare begins with violent coughs and headaches. Food starts to rot almost as soon as they take it inside. A pet tarantula goes missing. Some family members begin to exhibit creepy behavior.

Then the ghosts arrive, and all hell breaks loose....

©2018 Jeff Strand (P)2018 Jeff Strand Ghosts Horror Haunted Scary

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Didn’t think id like this as not really into haunted houses but this had me griped, loved it and loved the ending, I’d listen again.

Think i like Jeff Stands writing!!!

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I love bizarre and twisted ghost stories and this one was a real treat.

A twisted trio are hired to kill a woman, by persons unknown, it all starts going wrong for them from there ....

A man ( Boyd) gets a promotion and needs a new home in a differerent town, he picked the wrong house, the sick house.

Boyd's family suffer some nasty conseqences of moving into the wrong home and then just when they think it might all work out, everything takes a turn for the hellish. This book is mostly concerned with those hellish consequences, be warned, it's not nice but it IS fun.

I particularly liked the ending.

Narration was superb and I totally recommend this book to all lovers of horrible ghost stories, horror stories in general and weird twisted stories in particular.

I was lucky enough to recieve a free review copy in exchange for my honest and unbiased review, which is what you have here, I really did enjoy this book very much.

Best ghost story

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I love horror and the story line is just perfect for classic shit your pants horror you are reading this but your are not expecting anything so I am not giving anything away just make sure to keep extra underwear with you at all times

I would love to see this as a movie

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One of the best ghost stories I've listened too.

If you love horror/ghost stories this is definately well worth a listen. It had me hooked from start to finish

Will be looking for more books by this author and narrator

I was given this book in exchange for an honest review

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As we can expect from Jeff Strand the story and characters are extremely well written.
Joe Hempel is an very neat and precise narrator but unfortunately he just doesn't seem to bring the characters to life.
I say this after listening to several Jeff Strand audiobooks.

Great story.

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Not the most exciting listen, I think that the haunted house type of scenario has perhaps been used once too often. But it could just be me.

Not bad, not great

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Not like any haunted house novel I've read before. Clever, unique, and one thing I've noticed about strand from reading a previous book of his, he doesn't skimp on detail. Same is true here. Very violent, with no details left out. Very clever ending, finished it in one sitting. I enjoyed the past, more than the present to this book. Good plot, a lot of suspense, mystery, and as already stated, violence. As far as the gore goes, I'd almost put this on a par with Halloween. I'd say the same I said then. If you like violent horror, along with a clever plot, this book is for you.

Gory in the extreme, brilliant

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I did like the way the narrator spoke about the story, very laid back relaxing voice

Great nasty little read , very entertaining

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It all started so well: Boyd Gardiner is promoted by his company requiring the whole family - wife and two daughters of 8 and 13 - to move to a new location. Without the money to buy, they rent a promising house, larger than the one they had before, enjoying the extra space the new accommodation offers. But things start going wrong immediately: fresh fruit and dairy products go bad, the pet tarantula escapes and two of them start feeling ill and coughing. But it is when the first ghost arrives that life takes on a really dangerous aspect.

This quick to read book is not so much a creepy ghost story as a gore fest with all the stops pulled out. Three men, themselves brutal killers, murdered by an angry witch before the arrival of the Gardiners at the house, are determined to take back their lives. There are some enjoyable incidents, such as the visit from the policeman, but there was just too much slog it out and beat them down violence with litt!e else to move the story onward for the length of book. Reduced by half, it could have been good fun. Sadly, I found myself distracted and not bothering to listen, just tuning in occasionally, after about the halfway mark. Even the excellent narration by Joe Hempel, with his impressive story telling skills and individual character voicings, was insufficient to maintain my interest.

With a little more quirkiness in the characters, and far less prolonged violence, this book would have been slightly reminiscent of the fabulous Beetlejuice. But as it is, the plot is schizophrenic, unsure whether to be comedy or horror violence and, after the promising beginning, really succeeding in being, mostly, only boring.

Many people would love to be a severed head.

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I'm afraid by the time anything of interest had happened i was already bored and didn't care. Was just hoping the family would hurry up and get killed.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Got bored

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