'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Though Bloch provides all the elements of a horror story, they fail to coalesce into a truly frightening yarn.Ĭopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. But Amy's sleuthing has no real focus beyond her determination to find the killer, so we simply follow her around and wait for something to happen. After several other victims are attacked with a knife and the tires of Amy's car are slashed, she is convinced that the murderer is closing in on her. Thanks to Random House Books, Atria Books, Avid Reader Press, berkleypub, Page Street YA, Tor Publishing Group & Candlewick Press for my arcs. Predictably, the townsfolk, including the sheriff, do not appreciate the intrusion. Enlisting the help of a demonologist, a newspaper publisher and a psychiatrist, Amy starts snooping around the once-sleepy community.

She arrives in the wake of a young girl's knife-murder at the 'Psycho House,' a tourist trap re-creation of both the infamous Bates Motel and 'mother's house.' The murder serendipitously provides an angle for Amy, who has been casting about for a theme for her book. Having decided to write a book about Bates, Amy Haines travels to Fairvale for material.

Bloch's latest horror story is a disappointing effort, despite his attempt to exploit the character of Norman Bates of Psycho fame.

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