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Midnight Voices
Midnight Voices
Author: John Saul
ISBN-13: 9780345433312
ISBN-10: 0345433319
Publication Date: 5/28/2002
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 65 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3
At first I would get bored with it, But don't give up it ends up being a page turner. I ended up really enjoying it.
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Helpful Score: 3
Very good book. Gothic and has touches of Rosemary's Baby, Burnt Offerings, and probably some more books. Edge of the seat suspense, scary.
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Helpful Score: 2
Good book to read, thrilling and captivating.
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Helpful Score: 2
John Saul is always scary! I think I've read every book he ever wrote. This one is a creepy haunted house theme with unforgettable characters.
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Helpful Score: 1
Good reading. Keeps you wondering what will be the ending.
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Helpful Score: 1
Pure Saul. Scary ..... delightful. Keep the lights on.
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Helpful Score: 1
Another page turner by John Saul!
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Helpful Score: 1
I liked this book. Sheer terror. Synopsis: A newly widowed woman raises her two children in New York City. She eventually remarries and moves into her new husband's residence in a spacious apartment on Manhattan's Central Park West. Soon, the terror begins.
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John Saul's Midnight Voices is packed with bump-in-the-night chills that will frighten and delight readers with its nostalgic nod to urban legends and campfire tales. With short, edgy chapters and all-too-vivid imagery, Midnight Voices begs to be enjoyed in one sitting, in the dark, huddled on the corner of your couch. As usual in Saul's world, strange things are afoot in the city, and the Evans family is the target.
At the heart of this spooky tale are the children, Laurie and Ryan Evans, who are unwittingly exposed to danger when their recently widowed mother marries widower Anthony Fleming. The too-good-to-be-anything-but-evil Fleming lives in the Rockwell, a building rumored to be inhabited by witches and vampires, that has the children in the neighborhood terrified:


"Amber's eyes were still fixed on the building. They were just stories, she told herself once again. They weren't true. But even as she silently spoke the words to herself, a strange chill of apprehension ran through her and she turned away ... I'll die, she thought. If I go in there, I'll die."
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a mother of two remarries after her husbands death, and moves into his apartment, where the other tenants act weirdly and strange things happen
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This is John Saul at his best--good, old-fashioned scary! There's a tragic death, followed by a young wife and mother finding happiness again, but having to live in a spooky old apartment building, and then her children are terrorized. It was a great read.
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This book was dark. I don't like books where children are hurt and they were hurt in this book. The book left me with a sick feeling in my stomache. I would not recommend it.
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print too small--irritating!
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"A TAUT AND ATMOSPHERIC STORY... THE ANTICIPATION IS DELECTABLE."
-People

The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her children move into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son's instinctive misgivings about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behaviour of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror...

"[SAUL IS] ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE FRIGHT WRITERS."
-Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"TERRIFYING."
-The Kansas City Star
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Good book - page turner.
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This book was awesome. It's not your typical "oh-poor woman looses her husband" deal. I couldn't put it down!
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Great story! This story kept me on to read the next and the next until I finished it. I gave this story a level 5.
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The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans, alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happines. She and her children move into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son's instinctive misgivings about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secet emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror.
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Good Book Typical "John Saul"
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Loved it! Read it at least 3 times!!
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If you like John Saul you'll love this!
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From the back cover:

The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charasmatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her children move into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son's instinctive misgivings about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror...
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Great Thriller! Very Creepy!
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The sodden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her children move into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West, Despite her son's instinctive misgivingw about the building and it's residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificience of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror...
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Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Not easy to figure exactly what is really happening until the end.
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This is a must for the horror lover! It is about some really bizarre neighbors and how a child's behavior changes after moving beside them. This is a perfect horror novel!
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Great book Great Author
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First John Saul I have read in a few years. Kind of reminded me of The Shining in a way. Starts out a little slow, but you have to keep reading to find out what is going on. Good read.
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This book is about a man that got killed in the park and left his wife and 2 children and they moved into this brownstone that was full of older people and everything went down hill from there. Very good book.
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Sorry, I couldn't get in to the book. I guess it wasn't what I thought it would be.
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GREAT READ,TERRIFYING.
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The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her childrenmove into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son's instinctive misgivngs about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror.
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Creepy book, keeps you wondering.
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From back of the book:

The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alon in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatice man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her children move into her new husband's spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son's instinctive misgivings about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccenticities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror..................