- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Bloody Books (10 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905636288
- ISBN-13: 978-1905636280
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 176,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Demons have woken, the Dreaming has begun...
When a young man goes missing from the Fen village of Crow Haven, Inspector Jack Trent is sent to investigate. He finds an isolated, insular community which harbours a shocking secret. A secret he has already glimpsed in his dreams. Now, in a race against time, Jack must piece together the mystery surrounding Dr Elijah Mendicant and the ancient Darkness of Crow Haven. He must save the life of an innocent child and stop an ageless evil from rising once more.
But doubt remains. Can Jack overcome the demons from his past? And what will he make of the Doctor s final, devastating revelation?
The Doctor will see you now...
'A truly skin-crawlingly terrifying book.' - Bertrams Books
'The best horror novel I read this year.' - Dark Wolf
'An unnerving joy.' - Mathew F Riley
'Horror is alive and kicking and it has a name...Bill Hussey.' - Garry Charles, author of Heaven s Falling
When a young man goes missing from the Fen village of Crow Haven, Inspector Jack Trent is sent to investigate. He finds an isolated, insular community which harbours a shocking secret. A secret he has already glimpsed in his dreams. Now, in a race against time, Jack must piece together the mystery surrounding Dr Elijah Mendicant and the ancient Darkness of Crow Haven. He must save the life of an innocent child and stop an ageless evil from rising once more.
But doubt remains. Can Jack overcome the demons from his past? And what will he make of the Doctor s final, devastating revelation?
The Doctor will see you now...
'A truly skin-crawlingly terrifying book.' - Bertrams Books
'The best horror novel I read this year.' - Dark Wolf
'An unnerving joy.' - Mathew F Riley
'Horror is alive and kicking and it has a name...Bill Hussey.' - Garry Charles, author of Heaven s Falling
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just brilliant! Beautifully and vividly written, intricately plotted, - this
book kept me awake long into the small hours with thrills and chills. The ending
both shocks and touches with a great pay-off. Buy your ticket for a
rollercoaster ride of a book - you won't be disappointed!
book kept me awake long into the small hours with thrills and chills. The ending
both shocks and touches with a great pay-off. Buy your ticket for a
rollercoaster ride of a book - you won't be disappointed!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A brilliant new horror novel from a new master of the genre! Gripping and fast-paced, `Through a Glass, Darkly' oozes menace and is chock full of thrilling set pieces. This is a classic literary horror novel in the vein of Dennis Wheatley, HP Lovecraft and MR James, but told in a fresh new voice and with a modern sensibility. There are traces here, too, of Stephen King at his chilling best. All the characters are well-drawn and the dialogue snaps along. The dark world Hussey creates just drips off the page, keeping you awake long into the night as you lose yourself in forlorn woodlands, creepy catacombs and mysterious libraries. Not to be missed!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A really stunning debut novel - written with breathtaking pace and, unusually for the genre, great literary skill. This is a detective story too, and the pieces come together in such a clever way that the twist ending is not only surprising but entirely earned. Again, unusually in horror fiction, there is a lot of subtlety and subtext here - the relationship between parents and children, psycho-sexual neuroses, the sins of the fathers - are all touched upon. The character of Jack Trent is one of the most complex and intriguing protagonists in recent fiction. Having said all that about subtlety, the visceral scenes are just that: I, for one, was left pretty shaken up by one or two of them! `Through A Glass, Darkly' is an impressive calling card, and I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from Bill Hussey in the future.
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Through A Glass, Darkly
A young man from Crow Haven disappears, the police investigation uncovers connections with missing children and discover an ancient evil is waiting to be re-born. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rich
Gore
I enjoyed the plot and some of the scenes were quite chilling but in my opinion there was to much gore. Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. Higton
Sickening
I had to stop reading this book half-way through because of the descriptions of children being murdered in the most vicious, depraved and sadistic ways. Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by filmfanatical
Cheap thrills with little in the way of substance.
A disappointing read after all the positive reviews and the clincher for me, was comparing Hussey to Clive Barker. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by M. Gribby
Pure Evil
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I wont go in to the story line as it is difficult to do so without going in to too much detail and giving the game away but I will say... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Nicola Hepworth
"Through a Glass Darkly"
This terrific first novel from Bill Hussey is the best I've read in the horror genre for years, in fact it is hard to believe it is a first novel, it is that good. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by book fan
Still waiting for that mind-blowing debut.
As a debut, it isn't bad. The formal narrative voice suits the gothic atmosphere well, but Hussey fails to breathe life into his characters in the same way. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by Tokyo Joe
Horror Fans Must Read!!
Wow! What a debut. Descriptive skill that forces you into the dark world of Crow Haven and a plot so chilling and fast paced your lungs will hurt. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Andrew T Roth
Disappointing after a promising start
I bought this book having read the current reviews on Amazon. To start with, the book lived up to it's 4&5 star reviews and had me somewhat gripped until half way through. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2009 by Mr. R. James
Nice style
I read the author's interview in 'Writer's Forum' and really liked what he had to say. The book did not disappoint but you do have to like horror. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Liz Nixon
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