The Butcher's Boy by Michael Robb is my latest Indie read. And, as promised, I committed to write about the books of other indie authors that I read. So, here you go. I won't rate or recommend - that would seem somewhat pompous on my part. My taste might must be all in my mouth. But, I will tell a bit about it and let you decide for yourself.
DO NOT consider buying a large, dark, uninhabited home that has a homeless guy hanging around in it no matter what the dollar deal and decorating potential are. It's not worth it. But, if you insist that it would be the perfect place to live and raise a child, then understand why I will never visit.
Chances are good that the house has a violent history that the seller failed to mention and the chances are even better that your child will know before you do.
No matter how typical that set-up seems for a ghost story, there is something irresistibly enticing about an old house with a history and so, I intrepidly opened the book. Robb, not only writes a story that conjures up spirits, those spirits are as vividly painted as the the epic that made them ghosts in the first place. In red.
There is violence, there are characters killed, and there are twists that yank you from one side to the next when you aren't looking. And if I tell you that Lucifer changes the spelling of her name and saves the day, would that prospect creep you out? Just a bit? If not, you can find The Butcher's Boy here https://www.createspace.com/3547010 here. On Nook here http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?EAN=9781452413655 and here for Kindle http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FPYWKU $3.69 - Not bad for a scare.
As for me, I'm going to take some Aleve and RUN.
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