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Loading... Death Instinct (edition 2017)by Bentley Little (Author), Elder Lemon Design (Cover artist)
Work InformationDeath Instinct by Bentley Little
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Over the years, I found Bentley Little's books to be mostly "hits" with only a few misses. This book leans more toward the latter. It's a very early work and is not written with the polish or suspense that his later books have. It's got plenty of gore and a number of underdeveloped characters. The hardest thing to accept, though, is the book's antagonist. Enough said. If you're new to Little's world, stick to one of his later novels like The Store or The Policy and move on from this one. Cathy was only six when the man that lived next door killed his wife and then himself.Twenty years have passed and the house is still there but is no longer vacant and something dreadful is beginning to happen in the neighborhood. The first victim is found skinned alive, the second in the street with every bone in her body rearranged. The screams are starting again from the house across the street. Whatever is happening inside is a secret that no one is suppose to know... that no one knows and lives. no reviews | add a review
Cathy was six when the man next door killed his wife and himself. It was early morning and she was playing outside when she heard the first shot. And then another shot. And another. The sounds echoed around the neighborhood like thunder. People came out of their houses to see what was happening. Later, she saw the blood and the bodies....Now, the house is no longer vacant. Someone new has moved in. Something terrible is happening to the neighbors. And Cathy has a secret of her own... No library descriptions found. |
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Okay, let’s get serious. This is an odd one out for sans any of the supernatural, Death Instinct is as much crime mystery as it is horror. Even so this, then, seems more grounded in reality, Bentley little does even here walk, write close to a thin line that is merely one step, one mad scratch away from entering the territory of the absurd. However, no matter how preposterous and inane his propositions , and this time he was truly blowing the horn of plenty, he manages never to overstep. I mean seriously, a talent for murder from the the most unlikely suspect. And when I say most unlikely, I mean so unlikely it is borderline absurdity. But then again, Bentley pulls it off, somehow. I really want to say more here but then I would have tick tick spoiler alert. So I will leave it at at.
Death Instinct is amazing and in my humble opinion one of Bentley Little’s best. ( )