Book of Knives

There is nothing like a Summer Camp to incite horror is there? And a dilapidated Summer Camp? With dementia-addled relatives in the attic, a kid who only wears superhero costumes, and a paranoid mother with a knife collection? Also for no reason at all one member of the family is filming a documentary? And also GHOSTS?!? This book had so many little plot points the author could easily have been unable to keep the whole thing going. But it really worked for me, and I think it will work for other readers. Thank you for the ARC.

HAUNTED HORROR !This is how you write a slow burning creepy ghost story!
Nora is a documentary filmmaker and has followed her new husband to his family camp which has been closed for many years. Paul promised it will just be a few months to repair the camp and get it on the market.

The Hidden Lake Camp, however, needs more than a few new boards. Her sister and brother and law and their children join them and add to the tense atmosphere as they rule the kitchen with an iron fist. Nora starts to see ghosts and things start to disappear. She isn't sure who to turn to in this absolute horror of a place. There is a lot going on in this story - some complex characters and quite a few themes to keep track of (such as wanting a child, grieving a death of a partner, letting go of a parent, blended families..). But I LOVED it, it was truly creepy and the atmosphere of the camp will stay with me for a long time. If you like a slow burn, a creepy tale and believe that there might be ghosts and spirits in this world, then Book of Knives is for you!

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This is a slow-burn creepy suspense novel about a family fixing up a decrepit family summer camp for sale. The main character is grieving the death of her husband but remarries and travels to her new husband's family camp along with her stepson. They are joined at the camp by her brother-in-law and his family. Her sister in law is a cook and shows off her collection of knives, which start to go missing and then reappearing. I was expecting this to either be a straight up psychological thriller or a horror story (come on, a summer camp and missing knives?) but it wasn't really either, it was a strange mash-up of genres and I wasn't really sure sometimes what was happening, especially at the end. The resolution was a little too muddled for me.