Detective Michael Bennett and his family are about to be haunted by a father's worst nightmare--the signs he should have seen and a son's desperate cry for help. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation. An idyllic country town in the Maine woods is haunted by an epidemic emptying its streets and preying on its youth. Turns out the vacation brochures don't tell the full story-the seemingly perfect community has a deadly vice. When local cops uncover a grisly crime scene buried deep in the woods, they consult the vacationing Bennett, who jumps at the chance to atone for his own sins. You can take Michael Bennett out of New York City, but you can't take the cop out of Michael Bennett. But far from the city streets he knows so well, no one will talk to the big-city detective, and the bodies keep piling up. A young, hardscrabble, and forgotten girl is haunted by a traumatic history. Homeless and destitute, she represents the closest thing Bennett has to a partner in his frantic hunt for the ghostlike perpetrator behind the violence. Will Bennett and his unlikely ally unmask the culprit before anyone else winds up haunted?
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Publisher:
New York : Little Brown and Company, 2017
Edition:
Large print edition, First edition
ISBN:
9780316508841
0316508845
0316508845
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Description:
366 pages (large print) ; 25 cm
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Add a CommentI'm a huge James Patterson fan but have to say, not his best work. The title and preview was misleading 're anything haunted. A good book to just pass the time but nothing that's gonna really get your heart racing like typical James Patterson.
I love Patterson's writing and also the Bennett storylines. This book was okay but lacked action.
Enjoyed visiting with the Bennett family again. Just enough action to keep the blood pumping.
Very light and enjoyable - had just finished another book that was much deeper - was fun to read something that uses less brain cells!
This book was a fast read offering very little of an original nature. The intent, I believe, was to show the family coping with the older son's drug trial and its aftermath, and to move the family story along to its next major change. I will keep reading in hopes that the next volume has a bit more content and that the characters are less formulaic than the ones found here (with the exveption of Sadie).
Just finished this and it was a book that was hard to put down! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Usually like Patterson's books but this one is not my favorite. Like Michael Bennett series but this one was not as action packed as many of his earlier books. A fast read!
First Patterson book. It was a quick read but a little underwhelming.
Another good read by Patterson (and James Born). Deals with a two connected, major societal issues. I like that they don't pull punches by making everything always come out well for some of the characters. I like the Michael Bennett series a lot and in this one there is a long-overdue relationship issue that gets a nice resolution, if you have read the other books in the Bennett series.
I don't recall reading any books by Mr. Patterson. I did enjoy reading the "Haunted".
There is some truth to this story. Will start reading more of his books.