The Nightspinners : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: The ONLY thing terrifying about this book is the pacing
Review: "The Nightspinners" is extremely slow. Extremely. Nothing really starts to actually happen until you're about 150 pages in the book, which is may I mention halfway through the story. I found myself more bored than thrilled and kept hoping that something would happen. And when things DO finally happen they're not even that scary. I mean, being stalked and all is scary, but let's just say that the complications are unsatisfying. For instance, I find myself sticking with the story, giving it a fair shot, waiting for something to happen, and when that something does happen, it's something like "Oh! Her dog was poisoned!" or "Dear Heavens! Someone carved the word 'Bitch' on her car door!". I'm sorry, but those sort of things don't tend to strike any chords of fear within my psyche.
And also may I add that you'd think for a book called "The Nightspinners", there'd be some damn "nightspinning", right? But no, there's practically none whatsoever to be found.
The book does do a good job with introducing characters/"suspects" and keeping you guessing about who it might be, but in the "reveal" I could've cared less. I really could. I honestly think that if you want to read something that'll keep you guessing and interested in it's story, you should look elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: DOUBLE TROUBLE
Review: How close can a set of twins really be? In Grindle's chilling tale, Susannah and Marina deBreems are closer than most. Susannah is coping with the brutal murder of her twin. The police have not been able to find the killer, and ultimately Susannah finds herself a potential victim. She's receiving hang-up phone calls, flowers, someone's vandalized her car, and snuck in and clipped off a piece of her hair. We soon find out that the same things happened to Marina before she was killed.

Grindle effectively uses flashbacks to set the stage for the finale. There are some red herrings, and the killer's identity is shocking, since there are at least three or four suspects floating around.
The only "twitch" I found annoying is that Susannah has become such a reclusive, unyielding soul that she's not totally likeable. I also think more of Mark Cope would have been nice.
All in all, though, a very good novel.

Rating:
Summary: Great suspenseful read
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I stayed up all night just to find out who did. I thought I had it all figured out but was surprised in the end. Makes me want to go back and try to find any clues I might have missed.
Overall, a good suspenseful peice of work.