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Tucked away in northeastern Vermont, picturesque Askergan County is the perfect place for a winter vacation - for the lucky few who know about it. Askergan is so peaceful, crime so nonexistent, that they don't even have a full-time police force, just a Sheriff and two deputies who spend most of their time dishing out parking tickets and breaking up the occasional bar fight. But that was before the storm.
Contains the first three books in the best-selling The Haunted Series: Shallow Graves, The Seventh Ward, and Seaforth Prison.
Dr. Siegfried Klein has vanished on a mysterious pilgrimage to an abandoned infirmary in the ghost-town of Moonville. The locals in the surrounding areas are tight-lipped, hostile to outsiders. Local legend has it that the old Sick House is packed with spirits, none of them friendly, and that to set foot in it is to enter Hell itself.
Shane Ryan returns to Nashua and the childhood memories that drove him to join the Marines. After a prolonged legal battle with his aunt and uncle, Shane has possession of the family home where his parents disappeared over 20 years ago. The house, a monstrous castle filled with ghosts and secrets, is more alive than its inhabitants.
Pain, horror, fear - these are the things that have comprised best-selling novelist Lance Metzger's life. His childhood remains a riddled wasteland of abuse by a sadistic father and abandonment by an apathetic mother. In turn his only refuge became his writing. When Lance loses his ability to write and becomes haunted by a nightmare that he'd thought was buried, he is drawn inexplicably to a house on the shores of Lake Superior, where he finds his muse once again - but something is waiting for him when he arrives.
There's something wrong with Ashburn House. The ancient building has been the subject of rumours for close to a century. Its owner, Edith, refused to let guests inside and rarely visited the nearby town. Following Edith's death, her sole surviving relative, Adrienne, inherits the property. Adrienne's only possessions are a suitcase of luggage, 20 dollars, and her pet cat. Ashburn House is a lifeline she can't afford to refuse. Adrienne doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's hard to ignore the unease that grows as she explores her new home.
Tucked away in northeastern Vermont, picturesque Askergan County is the perfect place for a winter vacation - for the lucky few who know about it. Askergan is so peaceful, crime so nonexistent, that they don't even have a full-time police force, just a Sheriff and two deputies who spend most of their time dishing out parking tickets and breaking up the occasional bar fight. But that was before the storm.
Contains the first three books in the best-selling The Haunted Series: Shallow Graves, The Seventh Ward, and Seaforth Prison.
Dr. Siegfried Klein has vanished on a mysterious pilgrimage to an abandoned infirmary in the ghost-town of Moonville. The locals in the surrounding areas are tight-lipped, hostile to outsiders. Local legend has it that the old Sick House is packed with spirits, none of them friendly, and that to set foot in it is to enter Hell itself.
Shane Ryan returns to Nashua and the childhood memories that drove him to join the Marines. After a prolonged legal battle with his aunt and uncle, Shane has possession of the family home where his parents disappeared over 20 years ago. The house, a monstrous castle filled with ghosts and secrets, is more alive than its inhabitants.
Pain, horror, fear - these are the things that have comprised best-selling novelist Lance Metzger's life. His childhood remains a riddled wasteland of abuse by a sadistic father and abandonment by an apathetic mother. In turn his only refuge became his writing. When Lance loses his ability to write and becomes haunted by a nightmare that he'd thought was buried, he is drawn inexplicably to a house on the shores of Lake Superior, where he finds his muse once again - but something is waiting for him when he arrives.
There's something wrong with Ashburn House. The ancient building has been the subject of rumours for close to a century. Its owner, Edith, refused to let guests inside and rarely visited the nearby town. Following Edith's death, her sole surviving relative, Adrienne, inherits the property. Adrienne's only possessions are a suitcase of luggage, 20 dollars, and her pet cat. Ashburn House is a lifeline she can't afford to refuse. Adrienne doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's hard to ignore the unease that grows as she explores her new home.
Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to explain away bad dreams. But weekly visits to her mother still fill Elle with a paralyzing fear she can’t explain. It’s just another of so many unanswered questions she grew up with in a family estranged by silence and secrets. Elle’s world turns upside down when she receives a deathbed request from her grandfather, a man she was told had died years ago. Racked by grief, regrets, and a haunted conscience, he has a tale of his own to tell Elle.
There are places that hold evil, houses so vile, so tainted, that people refuse to live in them. Farnham House is one of those places. Once an inn, this majestic old New England manor house is back on the market, and the price is very reasonable. Sam Cabot is a man tired of moving. Now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life in the country with his wife and young son.
College students Eric and Lydia are looking for a novel way to spend Halloween. They decide to put together a documentary about the supernatural and take a camcorder into the long-abandoned house on Kenwood Drive. It's said that a vengeful spirit lives there, and Lydia thinks it the perfect location. Eric, though, has his reservations. Having grown up in the area, he's familiar with the stories of the spirit they call the "Upside-Down Man", and as their trip to the house draws near, his fear begins to mount.
Ruby is the most violently disturbed patient ever admitted to Drummersgate Asylum, high on the bleak moors of northern England. With no improvement after two years, Dr. Jack McGowan finally decides to take a risk and hypnotizes her - with terrifying consequences. A horrific dark force is now unleashed on the entire medical team, as each in turn attempts to unlock Ruby's shocking and sinister past. Who is this girl? And how did she manage to survive such unimaginable evil?
When their mother is hospitalized, Tara and Kyle are sent to stay with their only remaining relatives, their grandparents. It's their first time meeting May and Peter Folcroft. The elderly couple seem friendly at first, and the house, hidden in the base of the mountains, is full of nooks to explore.
Enter Chaythe Asylum - a long-shuttered and controversial institution where patients were allegedly subjected to unethical experiments. Closed in 1989 after a series of grisly murders, Stephen deems the old building as good a place as any to explore the possibility of the supernatural, and arranges to take a tour with his students. But it turns out that the asylum is not as abandoned as it seems. There is something sinister in the building. It has watched and waited for nearly three decades.
Sam is excited to spend a week at her uncle's remote lake cabin. It's a chance for her to focus on her art without distractions: no neighbors, no phone, and a small radio as her only contact with the outside world. But there's something deeply unnatural lingering in the lake. The radio's news reports talk about disappearances on a nearby hiking trail. The car won't start. And Sam starts to believe she's being stalked when she catches glimpses of a tall, strange man standing at the end of her dock.
After his book becomes a best seller, novelist Jack Ripley moves into a house on the edge of Cutler Harbor with his wife and two daughters. Nearly a century old, Winthrop House is newly-restored and boasts a gorgeous oceanfront view. But everything is not what it seems. Though picturesque, Jack learns that the house has been shunned for decades by the locals, owing to a number of mysterious disappearances and inexplicable deaths on the grounds.
When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country's most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees. At least he won't be alone; joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt will become a fight for survival. The entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them a part of the bloody legacy of Kill Creek.
Some have been in the cursed house for years, their minds warped into insanity by the fear and pain. Curt is new and can't understand why no one speaks and why the only sounds come from the night. He wonders what it is that comes out of the basement when the sun goes down.
Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew - a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued. Instead, her real father exploited her tabloid-ready story for fame and profit - until Charlotte finally broke free from her ghoulish past and fled.
They are not human. They are not natural. They are not friendly. At a research station in Antarctica, five of the world's top scientists have been brought together to solve one of the greatest mysteries in human history. Their subject, however, is anything but human. Deep beneath the ice, the submerged ruins of a lost civilization hold the key to the strange mutations that each scientist has encountered across the globe. When a series of sound waves trigger the ancient organisms, a new kind of evolution begins. A long-extinct life form is reborn.
When Ritchie Naughton, amateur photographer, stumbles upon a house in the woods, strange things start happening. His camera captures images that should not exist, things that cannot be explained. Soon, he'll realize that the people of Red River, New Jersey, are in terrible danger. A darkness grows within the house, threatening them all.
The House of Mirrors is open, and once you see yourself in, there's no way out...
In the House of Mirrors is a supernatural thriller recommended for fans of Peter Straub and Robert McCammon.
Would you listen to In the House of Mirrors again? Why?
I would listen to the House of Mirrors again because the plot has many twists and turns, and the narrator is extremely gifted.
What did you like best about this story?
The best part of the story is when Richie enters the mirror, the gateway, to another world. The description that ensues is mind-boggling and horrifying.
Have you listened to any of The Soliloquy Man’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
The Soliloquy Man is exceptionally talented and makes the story his. Each character he portrays is unique and believable. This piece is no exception.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would have liked to, but if you know my living situation you'd know it's nearly impossible to accomplish.
Any additional comments?
Listen to it! I promise you won't be disappointed!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Any additional comments?
This was one of the very few audible books I could not finish. The reading performance was very awkwardly done with so much emphasis on so many words. It was difficult to listen to. The story line was not easily believed because there were no rhyme or reason to the paranormal happenings. The plot did not progress in a way that made you want to continue to read.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Not at all what I expected. There are crazy parts and a part that gave me goosebumps. Random pauses throughoutthestorywastheonlynegativeforthenarratororperformance.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I'm an hour and a half into this book, and have yet to encounter any trace of the supernatural. You don't have to hit the reader with a ghost in the first 5 minutes, but you'll lose him in 30. Struggling to stay with this. Hoping for a payoff. I'll update my review at that point.
Any additional comments?
"His words tugged on my empathy like an angry puppeteer." (Favorite metaphor!)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Would you consider the audio edition of In the House of Mirrors to be better than the print version?
No. I am sure the narrator does a fine job, but this book he literally drove me nuts!
What didn’t you like about The Soliloquy Man’s performance?
The narrator fluctuated his voice to the point that the was speaking so low you had to turn up the volume only to blown out of your chair with blood running out of your ears! Not really that extreme but you get the idea. The story behind this book is good, but the narration pulls away from it.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, after having to have my heart defliberated a couple of times due to really really really low narration AND THEN THE EXTREMELY LOUD NARRATION IN THE SAME BREATH...sheesh
Any additional comments?
No, other than the narration really made this book a hard one for me to finish. I think if the fluctuating had not been there, I would have really liked this book. As a side note, on the parts he was not either talking really low or SCREAMING, he did a fabulous job. I did not mind him at all.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Rewrite the WHOLE book!!!
What was most disappointing about Tim Meyer’s story?
No continuity, a mish-mash of words.
Would you be willing to try another one of The Soliloquy Man’s performances?
NEVER
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
FRUSTRATION, DISGUST
Any additional comments?
I LOVE HORROR THRILLER ETC... BUT THIS BOOK SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A BUNCH OF CRAP THAT THE AUTHOR THREW TOGETHER. I READ IT ALL HOPING IT WOULD GET BETTER, IT GOT WORSE!!!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
In the House of Mirrors is a thrill from start to finish. It's a horror novel with a supernatural mystery and a character study into one of the most unluckiest people in the world, Ritchie Naughton. Ritchie was a happy young man with a beautiful girlfriend and a job he loved until he had the misfortune of leaving his wallet at home one day. This singular event had life altering consequences. Upon returning home, he discovered his long-term girlfriend in bed with another man. The shock is too much for Ritchie and he ends up in the hospital with a heart problem.
Facing the end of his relationship and looking for a change of pace in his life, Ritchie returns to his home state of New Jersey. He takes up residence in the fictional town of Red River with his sister and her husband until he's ready to get on his feet again. In an effort to better himself, he takes a job with a local newspaper as a photographer and is given a camera which captures more than meets the eye. With camera in hand and the universe seemingly setting unavoidable events into action, Ritchie is drawn into a world of darkness, magic, and terror.
In the House of Mirrors features a wide cast of characters which the narrator, The Soliloquy Man, brought to life brilliantly. Although, some times the parts where he yells or shouts get too loud. He does an excellent job bringing different voices to each character and making them feel authentic.
Unfortunately, the majority of the characters except for Ritchie are one dimensional. The helpless love interest, check. The bumbling sidekick, check. The nonredeemable villains, check. It was very difficult to empathize with the villains. Their motivations were stated but I never really felt as if I could relate to them since they were so cartoonish in their evil. Ritchie's sister's family is also central to the beginning of the story and are never mentioned again for the rest of the story until the end. Considering he was living with them, it would have been nice for them to have had a little more interaction.
Despite the characters, the plot is fascinating. If I'd been reading a book, it would have been a real page turner. The pacing was just right for this book. It slowed down long enough for the reader to catch their breath. It picked up the pace when it started to seem as if it would languish. There were moments of humor as well which relived some of the tension, Ritchie-my-Bitchie! Gar Gar instead of Wawa. Red River is a play on Red Bank and Toms River. Small details like this made the story more enjoyable.
For the scale of the forces at play in this universe, the ending was as satisfying as could be. That's a rare thing to find these days.
Overall, In the House of Mirrors is a fun novel. It doesn't take itself too seriously and in doing so allows the reader to enjoy the experience. I'd definitely read more from the author's future releases. Great job!
Since this was the audio book version I heard, I should mention the narration by The Soliloquy Man. As I said above, he did an amazing job bringing these characters to life and acting out the parts in different voices. It made it easier to follow the conversations and figure out which character was speaking without getting lost. His voice range is great. He can do from doing a feminine voice one moment to a deep gravely voice the next. My only gripe with the audio book are some of the extra long pauses. They feel awkward considering I don't think they should be there. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable listen and kept me entertained during my commute to work and washing dishes in the kitchen.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Where does In the House of Mirrors rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Somewhere in the middle. It was interesting, but not the best I've listened to. Could have been shorter with less unimportant details.
What other book might you compare In the House of Mirrors to and why?
I can't really think of any at this time.
Which scene was your favorite?
When they entered the house of mirrors, ready to do battle.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No.
Any additional comments?
No.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I really like the idea in this book but at times it seems a bit wordy. All in all I would recommend it if you are into any type of supernatural stories. There is not a lot of adult themes in this book but it does get a little gory which is to be expected given the subject matter. I found myself wanting to keep listening to this book. The performance was good, a bit over-the-top in parts and in others it seemed like the narrator was bored and saying the words. I will look for more books by this author. I received this book at no charge in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Not a bad story, just felt like the casual language the author used was more awkward than natural. Like hearing a 12 year old using cuss words in the wrong context.
The performance also was a little over the top.
All the negative out of the way, I will give credit to some genuinely creepy moments, and a fun fresh story. I think the author has potential.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful