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The classic occult thriller that has sold over 1,200,000 copies. In book #1 of Ken Eulo's "Stone Trilogy" a striving young actress, Chandal Knight, and her theater director husband, Justin, are planning to leave Manhattan to find stardom in Hollywood when two old ladies on her block offer them the opportunity of a lifetime—to take over the entire ground floor of their brownstone, rent-free for the first six months! For a couple who is struggling financially the offer seems like a miracle show more and the old sisters are so kind and eager for them to move in, Chandal gives in and the couple stays in New York. Chantal adores their new home, with its high ceilings, fireplaces and large rooms, but it is not long before she begins to hear voices, see shadows moving out of the corner of her eye, and notice that the old sisters are very... well, strange. Justin seems to be drifting away into a new passion, photography, which takes him into the darkness in the basement for hours on end, but it isn't until Chandal sees his photographs that the dark mosaic of inexplicable events starts taking on a terrifying shape—with absolutely horrific consequences. Dark intensity, bristling sexual nuance and frightening events ratchet the nerves of the readers higher and higher until the sensational finale. Be forewarned, for, "Eulo has," Book Alert writes, "the ability to chill to the bone." show lessTags
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Boring. Which wouldn’t be so bad if the characters were interesting or fleshed out. Stuff doesn’t start happening until around the last 5-6 chapters.
Boring. Which wouldn’t be so bad if the characters were interesting or fleshed out. Stuff doesn’t start happening until around the last 5-6 chapters.
I started reading this thinking it might be something like The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz. Then I got the impression it was going to be a Rosemary's Baby knockoff. I gave it as good a chance as I could but had to stop after 75 pages. Bad writing, very cliched, the storyline didn't make sense and there were inconsistencies from page to page, from character to character. Ugh!
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- Canonical title
- The Brownstone
- Original title
- The Brownstone
- Original publication date
- 1980
- Dedication
- This book is for my wife, Elena
-just as I promised. - First words
- And now his time had run out.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am who I am.
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- 79
- Popularity
- 400,438
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (2.79)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
