Sometimes I'll go into it cold, either because I like the author, trust the publisher, or have heard from others who like the book. I don't always read the story synopsis before reading a book. Some writers have a way of making the reader so comfortable with their words that it's like watching a movie in your mind. Julie's bad-boy boyfriend, Dale, who happens to be Sheriff Crawford's son, as well as his cronies.ĭeady provides layer after layer of narrative, there's a certain charm in his storytelling with one carefully crafted scene after another. There's a bevy of teens who provide the story's heart and soul. Father Neil McCarthy who believes in Paul's innocence. Of course there's Paul Greymore, disfigured in a childhood accident involving the spilling of boiling water on his young face. Show More Police has any say in the matter.,Īt it's simplest, Haven is a wonderful coming of age story, filled with excellent characters I grew to love and hate over the course of the 500 pages that make up Tom Deady's debut novel. If Paul isn't the killer, who is?Or WHAT is? An unlikely band of adventurers attempts to uncover the truth, delving into long-hidden tunnels that might actually be inhabited by a strange, predatory creature.Haven is a compelling horror epic in the spirit of It or Summer of Night, and a stunning debut novel from a gifted author who knows that the darkest horrors lurk inside human beings, even when there is a monster on the loose. Paul insists he didn't commit those crimes, and several townspeople believe him including the local priest, a young boy named Denny, and his best friend Billy.Trouble is, now that Paul is back home, the bizarre killings have started again-and the patterns match the deaths from Haven's past. But Paul served his time and has now returned to Haven-the town where he grew up, and the scene of his alleged crimes. With Paul in prison, the killings stopped.For seventeen years, Haven was peaceful again. His face, disfigured from a childhood accident, seemed to confirm he was the monster the community hoped to banish.

WINNER OF THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL!In 1961, the small town of Haven thought they'd gotten rid of their monster.After a series of child killings, Paul Greymore was caught carrying a wounded girl.

Haven by tom deady