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A review by teamredmon
Whispers in the Dark by Laurel Hightower
5.0
Rose McFarland is a trained killer--a Memphis S.W.A.T. sniper with a secret. Her team knows about the burn scars that lurk under her clothes, a legacy of the house fire that killed her father and brother sixteen years before. Her supervisors know that she spent two years in a rehabilitative facility, healing and learning to cope with the emotional trauma of the fire. But no one knows about the visions that drove her there, angry spirits that consumed her childhood, alienated her from her family and made her doubt her own sanity--the Whispers.
Whispers in the Dark could fit in any number of categories horror, mystery, thriller and it walks that line fairly well. Rose McFarland's story will appeal to fans of any of those genres. I initially bought this book to support my fellow Kentuckian, Laurel Hightower. I can tell you now that it wouldn't matter if she was from Jupiter, Laurel Hightower can write. Full of strong, relatable, and realistic characters, Whispers in the Dark, is especially good when read alone at night so Hightower's creepy descriptions can really crawl around in your brain.
If you don't read horror often, there are a few scenes that may turn your stomach but it's the feeling of lurking evil that truly leaves an impression. Whispers in the Dark is one of my top books of 2019 and I strongly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a well written mysterious, creepy, sometimes quite scary book.
Whispers in the Dark could fit in any number of categories horror, mystery, thriller and it walks that line fairly well. Rose McFarland's story will appeal to fans of any of those genres. I initially bought this book to support my fellow Kentuckian, Laurel Hightower. I can tell you now that it wouldn't matter if she was from Jupiter, Laurel Hightower can write. Full of strong, relatable, and realistic characters, Whispers in the Dark, is especially good when read alone at night so Hightower's creepy descriptions can really crawl around in your brain.
If you don't read horror often, there are a few scenes that may turn your stomach but it's the feeling of lurking evil that truly leaves an impression. Whispers in the Dark is one of my top books of 2019 and I strongly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a well written mysterious, creepy, sometimes quite scary book.