Thursday, July 10, 2014

Coming Soon to a Book Store Near You - The Supernatural Enhancements; Edgar Cantero


Here's my "Coming Soon to a Book Store Near You" pick for this week.  What do you think about this debut novel -- would you try it?  
   
August 2014 - Doubleday

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A mesmerizing novel...what begins as a Gothic ghost story soon evolves into a wickedly twisted treasure hunt in The Supernatural Enhancements, Edgar Cantero's wholly original, modern-day adventure.

When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful, yet eerie, estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyone—including A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a "second cousin, twice removed" in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom window—at the same age and in the same way as his father had before him . . .

Together with A.’s companion, Niamh, a mute teenage punk girl from Ireland, they arrive in Virginia and quickly come to feel as if they have inherited much more than just a rambling home and an opulent lifestyle. Axton House is haunted... they know it...but the presence of a ghost is just the first of a series of disturbing secrets they slowly uncover. What led to the suicides? What became of the Axton House butler who fled shortly after his master died? What lurks in the garden maze – and what does the basement vault keep? Even more troubling, what of the rumors in town about a mysterious yearly gathering at Axton House on the night of the winter solstice?

Told vividly through a series of journal entries, cryptic ciphers, recovered security footage, and letters to a distant Aunt Liza, Edgar Cantero has written an absorbing, kinetic and highly original supernatural adventure with classic horror elements that introduces readers to a deviously sly and powerful new voice.

5 comments:

  1. I probably wouldn't try it because of the supernatural element.

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  2. Don't read a lot of ghost stories, but this sounds like it might interesting and I love the cover. So a sound maybe:)

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  3. oh yea, we like the creepy cool stuff!

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  4. That sounds pretty interesting

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  5. I love ghost stories and that cover... love.

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