The Creeper

LoveReading Says

A novel that burrows under your skin and into your thoughts before carving out space to taunt you. Two young historians are employed to research a remote Irish village where superstition dwells and a young girl warns of the Creeper, three times you see him, the fourth night is your last. This is the second novel by author A.M Shine, his first The Watchers, is a monstrously good read and still with me. While there are similarities between the two, the isolation of location in particular, this is a very different novel. I love his prologues, which exist in a separate space, chills spilling over into the chapters to come. Mention of the Creeper exists alongside superstition and buffeted my emotions one way and then the other. The author lays traps and pitfalls, which I didn’t avoid as I existed in time with Ben and Chloe, their flaws twisting my thoughts. The village has the most atmospheric sense of place, with the villagers themselves brilliantly contributing to the overall feeling of dread. The ending is one that is likely to cause extremes in emotion, it certainly did with me! Suspenseful and spine-tingling, The Creeper gathers fear and apprehension as it slowly stalks the pages.

Liz Robinson

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