Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce (2025)
True admission - halfway through this book, I experienced a genuine jolt-you-awake nightmare, a rare occurrence for someone who's consumed untold quantities of horror movies, books and TV shows. So how's that for a glowing recommendation for a scary read to keep you up nights?
Author Daisy Pearce envelops you in an atmosphere of dread that maintains the sense of unease and impending doom right to the very end.......all leading up to final pages that spring even a few more dark, ironic twists.
The ink has barely dried on Mina's psychology degree when she's recruited by journalist Sam Hunter to help him either confirm or debunk a so-called paranormal haunting possession. In Banathel, an economically crumbling little remote village, a 12 year old girl shows signs of possession by a witch. Or does she? Do the strange, disturbing events surrounding the child signify a supernatural entity or just the grounded in reality symptoms of mental dysfunction? Or even nothing more than an elaborate hoax designed to generate publicity?
Mina and Sam's attempts to probe these terrifying mysteries quickly spiral out of control, traumatizing them both....... because whatever torments young Alice, it knows THEIR most agonizing guilty secrets as well.
Everything a horror aficionado craves in a page turning frightfest is all here. My only quibble - it dawdles a bit before finally arriving full force to its gruesome conclusion, a grand mixture of 'The Exorcist', 'The Wicker Man' and every book and film you've ever read or seen about awful weird doings in sleepy English villages.
Have a horrific good time with this one......keep all the lights on and avoid any fireplaces.
Author Daisy Pearce envelops you in an atmosphere of dread that maintains the sense of unease and impending doom right to the very end.......all leading up to final pages that spring even a few more dark, ironic twists.
The ink has barely dried on Mina's psychology degree when she's recruited by journalist Sam Hunter to help him either confirm or debunk a so-called paranormal haunting possession. In Banathel, an economically crumbling little remote village, a 12 year old girl shows signs of possession by a witch. Or does she? Do the strange, disturbing events surrounding the child signify a supernatural entity or just the grounded in reality symptoms of mental dysfunction? Or even nothing more than an elaborate hoax designed to generate publicity?
Mina and Sam's attempts to probe these terrifying mysteries quickly spiral out of control, traumatizing them both....... because whatever torments young Alice, it knows THEIR most agonizing guilty secrets as well.
Everything a horror aficionado craves in a page turning frightfest is all here. My only quibble - it dawdles a bit before finally arriving full force to its gruesome conclusion, a grand mixture of 'The Exorcist', 'The Wicker Man' and every book and film you've ever read or seen about awful weird doings in sleepy English villages.
Have a horrific good time with this one......keep all the lights on and avoid any fireplaces.
4 spooky stars (****)
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