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Nightshade

By: John Saul
Narrated by: Chet Green
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Fifteen-year-old Matt Moore seems to have it all: a loving mother, a caring stepfather, a host of friends, and a growing relationship with the most beautiful girl in school. All signs point to a bright future, until fate intervenes.

After a sudden fire leaves Matt's senile and troubled grandmother homeless, she moves in with the family. Her ceaseless demands cause unrelieved tension - and with her comes a shameful secret about her daughters that traps Matt between a dead aunt who haunts him and his own mother, who seeks redemption for her sister's sins - and her own. Matt transforms from a gregarious teenager to a hostile loner prone to fits of rage - tortured by chilling memories and haunted by nightmares.

Then a shocking tragedy shatters the family beyond repair, propelling Matt's mother and grandmother into a final, explosive confrontation...a showdown in which old wounds will be viciously torn open - and a horrific shadow from the past will spring an implacable life of its own, clawing toward Matt with the ferocious inevitability of death itself.

©2001 John Saul (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Horror Mystery Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Scary Haunted
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Storyline excellent! Narration clipped, too quick and lacking inflection. Still recommended for the story. No waste of a credit with this one.

Very interesting story

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I read 2 novels by him in High School. Neither of them was this one. My school days were over a few years before Nightshade was published. I enjoyed Nightshade very much.

Cheers for John Saul

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Love all his work and this book is yet another great one. I’ve read most of his books at least twice.

John Saul never fails me

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John Saul has always been one of my favorite horror authors. He gives just enough gore to make you think it's your normal horror book then takes it and throws it on it's side with psychological instead. I read this book YEARS ago and just now listened to it in Audio Book. Amazing. Just amazing!

You don't see the ending coming and even then you are left second guessing. Well done! I wish he was still publishing books!

Horror with a reasonable ending

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I loved it!!!!! So intensive and enthralling!!!! Kept me on the edge of my seat!!!!

most awesome story!!

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John Saul is my favorite author so im biased but this was a great book! The story was sad though and made you realize that parts are based on a sad reality (without giving spoilers). It was an easy listen that had me listen in 2 days at work not wanting to put it down. The characters were easy to hate and like. The narrator was good, i could tell who the male & females were and there was enough emotion that I could feel the characters emotion. I would recommend this book!

I loved it!!

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classic John Saul. great twist on a classic style ghost story. you think you have and but you're just not sure.

ghost story

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Brilliant story line. Completely unexpected in every possible aspect. No reader could ask for more. A gripping narrative by John Saul. Worth a second read!!!!!

Brilliant

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Intriguing story. Almost found the narrator distracting, though. His imitations of a female character were bad!

Night Shade

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What disappointed you about Nightshade?

I should have paid better attention to the "haunt" word used in the description.

Has Nightshade turned you off from other books in this genre?

For sure.

What three words best describe Chet Green’s performance?

It would be unfair of me to base his performance on a story that is not my genre.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Nightshade?

Is all of them too harsh?

Any additional comments?

If ghost stories are your thing that this book might be for you.

I'm not into ghost stories.

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