The Intruders
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061235030 (0061235032)
ASIN: 61235032
Publish date: December 30th 2008
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Like John Connolly, Michael Marshall (Smith) is the go-to author for supernatural fiction wrapped up in a crime noir shell, and few do it better than they. This tale, of missing persons, and quite possibly possession, is a welcome follow-up to Marshall's incredible Straw Men trilogy. His pacing is i...
Better opening than wrap-up, which is probably typical in the "what-the-hell-is-going-on?" genre. For a hundred pages, events pile up without any clear sense of cause or correlation, and part of the fun of such books is not knowing what the patterns are. (It's a paranoiac's thrill: all the stuff g...