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The Right Hand of Evil (2000)

by John Saul

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I did not select this book. My mother gave it to me as a gift. Her last few presents were good reads. This one ended that streak. Very predictable if you watch horror movies or read scary books. In times the book became entertaining so this was the worst type of bad: knowing if the author made an effort, this could be a good book. There are too many options for me to risk reading this author again. ( )
  mainrun | Dec 17, 2012 |
This is not really Saul's best work. For me, it had great potential but just didn't live up to it at all. If you're looking for some good Saul, read his earlier works. ( )
  susanbevans | Jan 15, 2010 |
I liked the concept of the book. However, the execution wasn't as tidy as it could have been. There were a lot of strings that were left loose. Several of the characters had changes that were abruptly reversed without any attempt of explanation. The end would have been better with an epilogue that perhaps undid some of the endings resolution. It was a good read but not Saul's best work. ( )
  Spiceca | Dec 27, 2009 |
I liked most of this book. It was well written and kept me interested, but the ending was too abrupt. The book ended and that was it. There was no epilogue or follow up to the story to let you know what happened after the climax of the story. With that, it would have been a great book. ( )
  sringle1202 | Sep 2, 2009 |
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John Saul has been giving readers the jitters since the publication of Suffer the Children in 1977. His 22nd twisted tale, The Right Hand of Evil is another nerve shaker.

The Conway family is in deep financial trouble. Ted Conway would rather knock back bourbon than support his family, and Janet Conway's career as an artist is going nowhere. Happily, the three Conway children--toddler Molly and 15-year-old twins Jared and Kimberley--seem well adjusted. Of course happy children to not make for good horror material, so dark times are just around the corner.

Ted receives an unexpected call from a Louisiana sanatorium, where his aged Aunt Cora is dying. Cora wants to convey a final message to her only surviving family members. She rasps out the ominous words, "I can see it. Stay away! Stay away from here!" Her words are futile--the financially strapped Ted moves his family into Cora's old house, a house deeded to them in a family trust.

Young Kimberley instantly feels a dark presence in the dilapidated Victorian house: "Suddenly her skin was crawling, as if a large insect were creeping across her neck." Tragedy upon tragedy strikes the family. Kim's beloved cat disappears and is sacrificed in a black-magic ceremony; an evil presence takes over Jared's mind--transforming him into the most rotten of bad seeds; the wails of a dead infant fill Kim's head, driving her to the edge of insanity. The family has fallen victim to a centuries-old curse--a curse that threatens to wipe out the Conway name.

Although there is nothing particularly original or earth shattering about this haunted-house story, The Right Hand of Evil is still a welcome piece of escapism. Read it at your peril. --Naomi Gesinger

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Ted and Janet Conway are delighted to inherit the ancestral Conway house and set out to make a new beginning in the small Louisiana town of St. Albans, unaware of the soul-shattering family secrets and evil that await them.

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