The Orchard

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Summary: A gem of a horror novel!
Review: The Orchard is the best book I've read by Grant. Far better than the Nestling and the Pet. Its shortcomings are that its only 288 pages. The tale is about a mysterious orchard left by the owner years ago and its very spooky. A group of friends have a picnic one night in the orchard and then someone gets hit by a car and later dies. After that the book is essentially four stories with the characters tied together. Each different character has a terrifying encounter with scary events. There's a spooky movie theater, a haunted hospital, and other tales of chilling horror. Probably the scariest book I've ever read, and I've read many. Since the book is so short Grant doesn't dwell much on character development. The pacing of the book is great as the mystery builds up. His writing style seems simplistic and the prose is almost like poetry at times. He remains a stellar author not just in horror but can match up with the best of them all. He creates chilling visual imagery and sets up the spooky atmosphere for the book to give any reader a good scare. Its a hard book to find but its the best in horror that I've come across.