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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  victorianrose869 | Aug 8, 2008 |  Midnight Voices is Dark, Dreary and Dreadful Fun! John Saul’s Midnight Voices is an easy read, with a terrifying twist. When Caroline Evans’ husband was killed during a mugging, she is left with two young children and a demanding job. Struggling to make ends meet, she is ecstatic when she meets the man of her dreams. After a whirlwind courtship, she marries the handsome, wealthy Anthony Fleming and her life seems perfect. Until they move into an apartment in the Rockwell, a well-known building in New York. There she meets the denizens of the building, an eccentric and strange bunch. Her daughter Laurie begins to experience unsettling nightmares and her son Ryan exhibits animosity toward Caroline’s new husband. Excusing her children’s behavior, she does everything to please her husband, including visit with the neighbors who begin to show an unhealthy interest in her children. Before long, Caroline realizes she has made a huge mistake. Nothing is as it seems…and there might be no one she can trust. Except maybe the voices in her head—the ones that tell her that her new home hides a terrible secret. Creepy in a Rosemary’s Baby sort of way. Made me glad I don’t live in an apartment. Kudos, Mr. Saul! I’m a lifelong fan! Cheryl Kaye Tardif, suspense author (  ) cherylktardif | Jul 31, 2008 | Reads like a made-for-tv movie. It's creepy and lightly entertaining, but there's no real depth of character here. Saul has written scarier books. (  ) Sengels | Jan 7, 2008 | This is one of those books that you can zip through. It doesn't require a lot of thought, but its still not as "fluffy" as a Harlequin Romance. No offense intended towards those who like Harlequin Romance. bubbapenner | Jan 11, 2007 | The luxurious apartment building held a scary mystery amongst the old people. Cheryl's husband was murdered, as well as her best friend. A sick little girl disappears. A doctor that is not a doctor at all is creepy. Sedatives must be hidden in the cakes given to the children. It is creepy! Ryan, the son makes his mother start questioning things. ( ) saucecav | Nov 3, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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At the heart of this spooky tale are the children, Laurie and Ryan Evans, who are unwittingly exposed to danger when their recently widowed mother marries widower Anthony Fleming. The too-good-to-be-anything-but-evil Fleming lives in the Rockwell, a building rumored to be inhabited by witches and vampires, that has the children in the neighborhood terrified:
"Amber's eyes were still fixed on the building. They were just stories, she told herself once again. They weren't true. But even as she silently spoke the words to herself, a strange chill of apprehension ran through her and she turned away ... I'll die, she thought. If I go in there, I'll die."
Of course, the newly married Caroline does not share the anxiety of her children, despite Fleming's Bluebeard-like determination to keep everyone out of his study, not to mention the horrible whispers and strange sounds coming from empty rooms in the middle of the night. It is this tension, and Caroline's dawning realization of her new husband's shortcomings, that drives the novel to its startling conclusion.
Saul uses familiar horror images--an ancient building with even older residents, creepy neighbors that are not quite right, whispers in your room after midnight--to spin a new tale of evil that will remind readers why one should always leave the closet light on. --Daphne Durham
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Midnight Voices
John Saul
Although this is a brand new release, I found this for half price at Half Price Books – hardback and everything, brand new. I wasn’t going to spend $25+ on a John Saul book, because they’re so often disappointing. This one was pretty good, though, and warrants a sequel, in my opinion. The epilogue at the end made me think there might be a sequel.
The story in a nutshell: a poor widow with two prê-teen children meets the rich man of her dreams (this meeting, unbeknownst to her, has been carefully arranged), and moves into The Rockwell, an historic, gothic apartment building on Central Park West full of rich old residents. Well, the residents start out old, anyway. Soon, it becomes apparent that the old people are mysteriously growing younger, the kids are having bizarre nightmares that seem very real, and with each passing day they – the children - grow weaker and weaker.
I usually dislike stories with kids in them, but it’s kinda hard to avoid. At any rate, this wasn’t too bad. Still glad I didn’t pay full price for it, but I enjoyed it and might read it again in a couple of years. (