From the author of Coincidence and The Discrete Charm Of Charlie Monk comes another powerful thriller of murder, identity and nightmares becoming reality. Tom Freeman thinks his demons are behind him. He has been sober for ten years, after a period of alcohol and drug abuse that almost killed him. His career is back on track, and he is happily married to Clare. They have a baby daughter, Julia. But when she begins to speak, why does Julia insist that her name is Melanie? And that Tom and Clare are not her real parents? Child psychiatrist Dr Brendan is baffled by her case, but accepts that children are sometimes born with memories of a previous life that cannot be explained away. Tom makes his own inquiries, leading to the chilling discovery that his daughter is possessed by the spirit of a girl who went missing ten years ago, at the exact spot where Tom suffered his last alcohol and drugfuelled blackout...
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David Ambrose read law at Oxford and has worked internationally in theatre, film and television. For more information, visit his official website on www.davidambrose.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By D. McFarlane
Format:Paperback
I picked this book up at random from the shelf after reading the back cover and the first page, as it looked like an easy read and a compelling storyline. I'm glad to say my instinct was absolutely correct this time.
I hardly put this book down from when I started reading, the narrative was swift yet full, and every page kept me hooked on the story. The more information that was given to me, the more I wanted to read further.
We are cleverly carried along with the story, and the author manages to keep the reader guessing right up to the last page and beyond.
A very convincing story, with a lovely twist that breaks into the story just before you would expect.
Nicely done.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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America!! Get to know David Ambrose!!
22 Feb 2007
By James M. Laszlo
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
David Ambrose sells well "across the pond" but never really found an audience in the USA. Why, I have no idea.
No one really screws with your head like Mr. Ambrose. Books like "The Man Who Turned into Himself," "The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk," Coincidence," and especially "Superstition" throw the reader into a 5 dimensional kind of worlds where time overlaps with itself and the true nightmares happen when our eyes are open.
His stories are filled with parallel universes along with dreams that might be reality and realities that might be dreams. He leaves you guessing till the last word of the last page and then your own personal thoughts become the last chapter of each book.
"A Memory of Demons" is no exception. The story hits hard and fast from the first page and never lets up. We are able to view the story from different angles and settings, only to eventually have it neatly tied up with a little bow...but not tied too tightly. For, the story will still continue in your own mind long after the book is placed back on your bookshelf, where the exposed binding will be viewed as a chapter of your own life when you took an incredible journey inside the mind of David Ambrose.
No one really screws with your head like Mr. Ambrose. Books like "The Man Who Turned into Himself," "The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk," Coincidence," and especially "Superstition" throw the reader into a 5 dimensional kind of worlds where time overlaps with itself and the true nightmares happen when our eyes are open.
His stories are filled with parallel universes along with dreams that might be reality and realities that might be dreams. He leaves you guessing till the last word of the last page and then your own personal thoughts become the last chapter of each book.
"A Memory of Demons" is no exception. The story hits hard and fast from the first page and never lets up. We are able to view the story from different angles and settings, only to eventually have it neatly tied up with a little bow...but not tied too tightly. For, the story will still continue in your own mind long after the book is placed back on your bookshelf, where the exposed binding will be viewed as a chapter of your own life when you took an incredible journey inside the mind of David Ambrose.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Worth the international shipping costs???
6 Aug 2008
By Simon Cleveland
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I don't think so.
*Warning! This review contains spoilers!*
I think David Ambrose really blew it with this one.
Digging through my memory bank, I can't help but smile at the wittiness of his earlier novels, particularly 'Superstition' and 'The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk'. There was an invisible border between the impossible and the improbable in these stories that David never dared to cross. Even in 'Coincidence' and 'The Man Who Turned Into
Himself' he kept the notion that there was a slight possibility of his theories to be true, a believability factor that although
strange was somewhat probable.
But in 'Memory of Demons' he crossed that border. His book is no longer exceptional. It quite resembles the countless other bedtime horror novels that one reads to fall asleep. In all honesty, I saw no difference between this work and the works of John Saul or Dean Koontz.
'Memory of Demons' evolves around the life of a recovering alcoholic called Tom and his young daughter Julia. The readers are ushered through an account in Tom's past where he may have committed a murder in an alcohol induced stage although this is unclear until the latter part of the book where the author reveals what truly happened.
At some point, Tom's daughter becomes obsessed with the entity of another girl that had disappeared a number of year prior to Julia's birth.
After shuffling back and forth through Tom's immediate struggle with Julia's transformation and his recurring dream of something that may have happened in some old house some years back (I know this sounds convoluted, but the book actually reads that way) the author reveals the identity of a killer and then by backtracking through the murderer's younger years, the readers find out what makes a killer a killer (phew, I actually finished that sentence). And, in like any bedtime novel, the author marries all ends into a beautiful knot of the all pleasant Hollywood ending.
Since this book is not published in the US, readers have to order it from overseas. The truth is, I don't think it's worth the international shipping costs and would not recommend it.
Sorry David, but I'm a bit disappointed in you this time.
-by Simon Cleveland
*Warning! This review contains spoilers!*
I think David Ambrose really blew it with this one.
Digging through my memory bank, I can't help but smile at the wittiness of his earlier novels, particularly 'Superstition' and 'The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk'. There was an invisible border between the impossible and the improbable in these stories that David never dared to cross. Even in 'Coincidence' and 'The Man Who Turned Into
Himself' he kept the notion that there was a slight possibility of his theories to be true, a believability factor that although
strange was somewhat probable.
But in 'Memory of Demons' he crossed that border. His book is no longer exceptional. It quite resembles the countless other bedtime horror novels that one reads to fall asleep. In all honesty, I saw no difference between this work and the works of John Saul or Dean Koontz.
'Memory of Demons' evolves around the life of a recovering alcoholic called Tom and his young daughter Julia. The readers are ushered through an account in Tom's past where he may have committed a murder in an alcohol induced stage although this is unclear until the latter part of the book where the author reveals what truly happened.
At some point, Tom's daughter becomes obsessed with the entity of another girl that had disappeared a number of year prior to Julia's birth.
After shuffling back and forth through Tom's immediate struggle with Julia's transformation and his recurring dream of something that may have happened in some old house some years back (I know this sounds convoluted, but the book actually reads that way) the author reveals the identity of a killer and then by backtracking through the murderer's younger years, the readers find out what makes a killer a killer (phew, I actually finished that sentence). And, in like any bedtime novel, the author marries all ends into a beautiful knot of the all pleasant Hollywood ending.
Since this book is not published in the US, readers have to order it from overseas. The truth is, I don't think it's worth the international shipping costs and would not recommend it.
Sorry David, but I'm a bit disappointed in you this time.
-by Simon Cleveland
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