For Fear of the Night

A novella stretched to novel length. Full of Charlie's evocative "quiet" style of horror, Grant is too quiet here because for much of the time, well, nothing much happens. People run around between the diner, the boardwalk, the pier, and the beach and almost nothing creepy happens. Grant's attempt to build suspense only drags out since we know what everyone is going to do in the end: go to the ruined pier almost from page 1. The question is only, who is going to "get" it.

Anyway, the payoff isn't half bad after all of that and Grant is in top form as far as the writing goes and the characters as usual are way good so the trip to the Jersey Shore is ultimately worth the effort.