Midnight Voices
John Saul
Suspense
375 pages
copyright: 2003
isbn: 0-449-00653-0
Saul knows how to dish out thrills, and with a sly tribute to Ira Levin's
Rosemary's Baby, as well as other horror classics, this latest pulp shocker
should have fans lining up. Mother of two and widow of a murdered Central Park
jogger, Caroline evans thinks she has found the answer to her prayers in her
new husband, Anthony Fleming. The family moves into his apartment in the
Rockwell, a storied old Upper West Side building. Ryan and Laurie, the
children, quickly begin to have nightmares in which they are haunted by
menacing voices, while Ryan realizes that he doesn't like his creepy
stepfather. Elderly, eccentric neighbors bring them strangely flavored food.
Laurie befriends ailing Rebecca, the foster child of a neighbor couple, who is
mysteriously wasting away. Tension mounts when Rebecca's social worker, a close
friend of Caroline's, can get no information from Rebecca's doctor - yet
another elderly resident of the Rockwell - despite her threat to
obtain a subpoena. Soon the social worker disappears, Rebecca follows on her
heels and Laurie herself becomes ill with whatever Rebecca had. Meanwhile, the
"niece" of an elderly neighbor, who looks suspiciously like a younger replica
of the old woman, replaces her aunt in the Rockwell. Readers who appreciate
Saul's homage to undead fiction will probably see the plot twists coming, but
die-hard devotees should enjoy the chilling, sometimes gruesome goings-on at
the Rockwell nonetheless.
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