Five days in the history of a small rural town, visited and infected by darkness, are recounted by Evil itself. A stunning high-concept thriller from the bestselling author of Good Samaritans and Nothing Important Happened Today.
‘Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’ Daily Express
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It’s a small story. A small town with small lives that you would never have heard about if none of this had happened.
Hinton Hollow. Population 5,120.
Little Henry Wallace was eight years old and one hundred miles from home before anyone talked to him. His mother placed him on a train with a label around his neck, asking for him to be kept safe for a week, kept away from Hinton Hollow.
Because something was coming.
Narrated by Evil itself, Hinton Hollow Death Trip recounts five days in the history of this small rural town, when darkness paid a visit and infected its residents. A visit that made them act in unnatural ways. Prodding at their insecurities. Nudging at their secrets and desires. Coaxing out the malevolence suppressed within them. Showing their true selves.
Making them cheat.
Making them steal.
Making them kill.
Detective Sergeant Pace had returned to his childhood home. To escape the things he had done in the city. To go back to something simple. But he was not alone. Evil had a plan.
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Praise for Will Carver
‘Weirdly page-turning’ Sunday Times
‘Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel’ Literary Review
‘Arguably the most original crime novel published this year’ Independent
‘At once fantastical and appallingly plausible … this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life’ Guardian
‘This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ Telegraph
‘Unlike anything else you’ll read this year’ Heat
‘Utterly mesmerising…’ Crime Monthly
My Thoughts:
I thought that I would start with a confession and say that this is the first book I have read by Will Carver. It is a rarity that a new to me author makes me want to unplug everything and read each and every thing they have ever written and not do anything else until I have finished. Will Carver has achieved this with Hinton Hollow Death Trip.
As I understand it Hinton Hollow Death Trip is the third book to feature DS Pace and it was fine to read as is but the first thing I have to rectify is reading the other two; Good Samaritans and Nothing Important Happened Today.
The reviews for the books I love the most are the hardest to write as they seemingly have too many superlatives but in this case I really can't help it. Buckle up we are going for a little trip to Hinton Hollow....
Hinton Hollow is a relatively small town with a population of 5,120. Evil has come to Hinton Hollow and it is evil that narrates the story. Evil has brought with it cynicism, wrong doing and a sense of darkness that is turning everything black. The residents of Hinton Hollow are behaving strangely as the reader joins evil for an explanation of what happens across the course of five days.
Returning from the city to Hinton Hollow is DS Pace. Looking for an escape, looking to silence everything from the city. He is welcoming the return to the quiet life with the small town problems. Unfortunately Hinton Hollow and Evil have other plans in mind.
I am not going to say anything else about what happens, I would hate to ruin the plot for anybody. I cannot put across to you how original and wonderful Will Carver's writing is. It is perceptive and the short sharp staccato bursts do everything to build the tension and the creeping foreboding as evil pervades the pages and steps off the page to challenge the reader.
There are the touches of Stephen King here and another author I particularly like called James Sallis who wrote a book called Willnot. Comparisons though are not necessary when you can write with the excitement, skill and originality of Will Carver.
Hinton Hollow Death Trip made my blood pump, my heart race and my hands sweat. It was so exciting I cannot tell you. It was like being taken on a magic mystery tour at high speed and then tipped out at the end without really being able to comprehend what just happened.
This one will definitely make my books of my year. It was absolutely breath taking, literally and figuratively.
About the Author:
Will Carver is the international bestselling author of the January David series.
He spent his early years in Germany, but returned to the UK at age eleven,
when his sporting career took off. He turned down a professional rugby
contract to study theatre and television at King Alfred’s, Winchester, where he
set up a successful theatre company. He currently runs his own fitness and
nutrition company, and lives in Reading with his two children. Good Samaritans
was book of the year in Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Express, and hit number
one on the ebook charts.
Find him on Twitter: @will_carver
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Thanks so much for the blog tour support Leah xx
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