| Author: | Chet Williamson | ISBN: | 6230000000095 |
| Publisher: | Crossroad Press | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chet Williamson |
| ISBN: | 6230000000095 |
| Publisher: | Crossroad Press |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The story centers around a renovated theater in Pennsylvania and is arranged in three acts, plus overture and curtain call. The tension in Act I heightens as the reader must decide if this is a murder mystery, psychodrama, horror or fantasy, with the author offering clues to support each possibility. Theaters have a history of ghosts and accidents, but as the number of deaths at the Venetian mounts, the police become less inclined to accept verdicts of "accident." Owner/actor Dennis Hamilton has nothing obvious to gain from the killings, nor could he have caused them, but his strange behavior makes others wonder if he might not have a double or another personality--or something else entirely--that does want the deaths. Mystery & Detective, suspense, drama and horror combine to make this one of Williamson's finest works.
The story centers around a renovated theater in Pennsylvania and is arranged in three acts, plus overture and curtain call. The tension in Act I heightens as the reader must decide if this is a murder mystery, psychodrama, horror or fantasy, with the author offering clues to support each possibility. Theaters have a history of ghosts and accidents, but as the number of deaths at the Venetian mounts, the police become less inclined to accept verdicts of "accident." Owner/actor Dennis Hamilton has nothing obvious to gain from the killings, nor could he have caused them, but his strange behavior makes others wonder if he might not have a double or another personality--or something else entirely--that does want the deaths. Mystery & Detective, suspense, drama and horror combine to make this one of Williamson's finest works.
