A plane crashes outside of the small town of Safe Haven, Wisconsin and unleashes a horrifying string of events brought to life in a truly spectacular way by Jack Kilborn.

Kilborn conveys an emotion that could be mildly called terror in a beautiful economy of words that sucks the reader in right from the start. This reader – who can be callous in the extreme when reading – teared up during the first kill – a scene so cleverly diabolical and sadistic that I think I can say Kilborn has a fan for life.

The baddies in this one – a good baddie can be interesting – these baddies are so brutal and unexpected that they tie the reader in a brotherhood of joy and love of art. A truly good baddie is one that you feel for as well and as nasty and awful and horrible and…..well, it was hard not to feel for the baddies – sorry if that makes this reader twisted – but, read it and tell me how awful I am for feeling for the baddie.

It must also be said for Kilborn that though we meet dozens of people in this book and many only for a paragraph or two, we have the feeling of knowing them – these are not paper dolls, people – these are people who feel for and want to win and….well, maybe they do and maybe they don’t.

By now the reader of this review is probably rolling their eyes saying, “Oh please, the book can’t possibly be THAT good.” Oh, trust me – there are no words for so fascinating a read. True, this one is not for the faint of heart – you can’t watch horror movies at night? Well, maybe this is t he one to pass up. If you like to be frightened and you like a truly horrifying storyline which is well crafted and sucks you in like a brand new vacuum? Kilborn is the author for you.