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A totally disturbing, but hilarious story about a group of children going trick-or-treating with Halloween.
The legend goes that what sort of candy you get at the first house predict what the loot will be for the rest of the night. And it so happens Finch and his buddies get apples from the old lady who lives at the first house. Not a good omen and the granny will pay for this!
Be amazed about the plan the terrible and terrifying bunch comes up with and have fun reading how it acts out.
This is the second volume of Max “Mutt” Mason’s adventures in the crazy world he lives in. In this volume it becomes more clear of what is happening to the earth in general and the city Los Allende in particular. It looks like dark matter is taking over the visible matter the world exists of, creating the most horrible creatures and viruses making the genuine human race as prisoners – read as valuable enzymes – the creatures need to stay alive.
The question now is, can “Mutt” take on this dark matter or will he be swallowed as well?
Maxwell “Mutt” Mason, works as a private detective. His heart is in the right place but his taste for the bottle is too. So in the odd chance he gets a case he has to drag himself out of Gill’s cafe and into the office where his ‘lovely’ assistant Melissa awaits him. Well not exactly him, but his former partner Shinjo, away on leave in the loony bin and probably never to be released again. But a girl can hope, right?
The odd chance of a case has come and before him stands a beautiful dame called Livinia who wants her twin sister to be found. But what looks like a straight forward case, soon becomes a strange adventure full of crazy and murderous people and other ‘things’. Has Livinia been completely honest?
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Mary Katherine (‘Merricat’) Blackwood lives, together with her older sister Constance and Uncle Julian, in a castle, long ago bought by her ancestors. It is a beautiful and mighty castle, but something horrible happened eight years ago and that is why the fences and castle doors are closed for all (town) people. Mary Katherine has to go to town twice a week for groceries and has her own ritual to go around there, because otherwise she gets lost in hateful sneers and looks of the town people. The rest of the time the Blackwoods are cut of from everyday life, but they like it that way.
Until, one day cousin Charles appears at the doorsteps of the castle. His intentions are clear for Mary Katherine, but Constance is dragged into Charles’s mindset and all that has happened eight years ago is coming back to the service.
Dr. Montague is an occult scholar and he wants some solid evidence about the phenomenon called haunting. He sets his eyes on Hill House, a big mansion up in the hills, to conduct his study. The house is said to be haunted and anybody who tried living there, moved out after only three or four days (and nights). Dr. Montague is set on explaining. To do so he invites three others to live with him in Hill House, all somewhat experienced in the phenomenon. First there is Theodora, his lighthearted assistant, always in for a good scaring and laugh. Then there is Luke, the heir to be of the place. He has to be there, because of his aunt, who didn’t want anyone in the place without some family. And last but not least, there is Eleanor, an emotionally unstable girl, no stranger to the ‘unknown’. How long will they stand the haunting of Hill House?
Finny Bleak is a normal teenage boy, but in this book normal is the new weird. His ancestors ghosts are still around and make his life more difficult than it has to be. He gets pestered at school and lives his life surrounded by undead people.
But when he meets a girl at the yearly carnaval, his life seems to brighten up. But…he isn’t a Bleak for nothing.
Very entertaining and humorous book. The animation is great. So for a (very) quick read in between your choice of serious literature I can recommend this one.
