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A review by dnemec
Behind the Door by Mary SanGiovanni
4.0
"In the town of Zarephath, Pennsylvania, just past the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border and northwest of Dingmans Ferry out by the Delaware Water Gap, there is a Door." It stands with no support amid oak trees that don't grow too close. You go alone at night with a letter. Said letter must clearly state your wish and be sealed with wax that includes a drop of your blood. Slip it under the door and in three days, the Door gives you what you want for better or for worse. No one can use the Door twice, and never EVER open the door.
Kari, a bereft mother mourning the loss of her daughter three years in the grave, decides that her wish wasn't granted to her satisfaction so she's going to open the Door. Naturally, all hell breaks loose. All the wishes are returned, so to speak. And the dying begins.
Former sheriff Bill Grainger calls in Kathy Ryan, who is something of an expert in the strange and unusual. With Kathy's help, Bill and current Sheriff Timothy Cole join together to try and save the townsfolk of Zarephath from their tortured pasts and them behind the Door.
This was really interesting. I put off reading it because I could not get into the last title I attempted to read by Mary SanGiovanni. I really enjoyed this one though! Imagine if there was a place where you could go to rid yourself of your problem, whatever it may be - cancer, unwanted pregnancy, brutal war memories - and poof! gone. A fascinating concept, provided of course some idiot doesn't come along and open the door as in this story. Fast-paced and fun. 4 stars.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Kari, a bereft mother mourning the loss of her daughter three years in the grave, decides that her wish wasn't granted to her satisfaction so she's going to open the Door. Naturally, all hell breaks loose. All the wishes are returned, so to speak. And the dying begins.
Former sheriff Bill Grainger calls in Kathy Ryan, who is something of an expert in the strange and unusual. With Kathy's help, Bill and current Sheriff Timothy Cole join together to try and save the townsfolk of Zarephath from their tortured pasts and them behind the Door.
This was really interesting. I put off reading it because I could not get into the last title I attempted to read by Mary SanGiovanni. I really enjoyed this one though! Imagine if there was a place where you could go to rid yourself of your problem, whatever it may be - cancer, unwanted pregnancy, brutal war memories - and poof! gone. A fascinating concept, provided of course some idiot doesn't come along and open the door as in this story. Fast-paced and fun. 4 stars.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.