Phantom Effect
Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · February 2, 2016
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- Who it’s for
- A rain-soaked supernatural thriller turns identity into an especially unsettling place to be trapped.
- Themes
- Supernatural horror, Ghosts and psychic abilities, Serial killing
- Genres
- Ghost Stories, Supernatural Thrillers, Supernatural Horror
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Jonathan Martin Delaware Deseronto is a six-foot-five serial killer with a problem. He’s stuck out on I-476 in a heavy November rainstorm with two flat tires and the dead bodies of a cop and a co-ed named Marissa Madison in his trunk. Desperate to get off the highway, he drives his car on its back rims towards Exit 6. The car stalls on the ramp and Deseronto uses the last of its momentum to plunge over the crest of a steep slope and crash into a length of concrete pipe below.
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The car comes to rest on the edge of a construction site where machines are positioned to tear down an old Motel 6. For Deseronto, the worst is yet to come. Marissa Madison had been a psychic of sorts while alive, using her ability to assist people in their personal journeys. Now, the ghost of Marissa will utilize her strange gift, trapping Deseronto in the abandoned motel, and forcing him to live the last, fatal week of her own life as a passive passenger in her body . . . Soon, Deseronto will experience something truly horrific: the mind-numbing terror of being stalked by himself.
Self as Threat
A rain-soaked supernatural thriller turns identity into an especially unsettling place to be trapped.
Come here for
- Psychological horror with a killer stalked by himself
- A ghostly twist on body-bound suspense
Expect
- An edgy, sustained descent into dread
- A strange collision of haunting and self-confrontation
Where it sits
| Ghost Stories | 38% |
|---|---|
| Supernatural Thrillers | 36% |
| Supernatural Horror | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ghost Stories
- Paranormal Romance
- Suspense
- Authors
- Michael Aronovitz
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- February 2, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Supernatural horror · Ghosts and psychic abilities · Serial killing
- Reading lane
- Ghost Stories