Curse

by Andrew Neiderman

Book Overview

Magic or Murder? When miserly landlord Henry Deutch is found dead of an apparent heart attack, no one is happier than Anna Young. It was Henry who evicted Anna's mother from his Catskill tenement,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067104172X
• ISBN13: 9780671041724
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY...

I thoroughly enjoyed this book of paranormal suspense and mystery, especially as the events take place in upstate, New York, a location to which I am always drawn. It is a fairly well-written book, with a tightly woven plot. Although the author's knowledge of criminal law seems a bit sketchy, it does not unduly detract from the mystery within. Moreover, the main character Anna Young, around whom much of the plot revolves, is a very interesting, enigmatic character. In Sandburg, a small, economically depressed hamlet, nestled in the Catskills region of New York State, a miserly slumlord named Henry Deutch is found dead of a heart attack. Anna Young, who along with her mother had been evicted from one of Henry's rundown apartments, eventually leading to her mother's death, is not shedding any tears over his demise. After all, she was heard to have sworn a blood oath of revenge against him for being the catalyst to her mother's death, and she is not sorry he is dead. In fact, before his death, she was seen casting spells and performing rituals that had disconcerted Henry. When Henry dies amidst unusual trappings, the politically ambitious local prosecutor, Paula Richards, claims that Anna is responsible, having frightened him to death. She has her arrested, and Del Pearson, the young public defender, is assigned to represent her. Little do they know that the forces of evil are girding for battle. Anna, a practitioner of the Wiccan religion, is not surprised at the forces that are gathering. It is a battle for which she is well-prepared. Readers of paranormal suspense will enjoy this book.

Pretty good

I have read 15 of Andrew Neiderman's 29 novels and loved every one of them This was not my very favorite, but is readable because of the surprize ending which I had not even considered during the course of the novel. Most books try to make me believe one or another character is the culprit but this didn't. I like dark psychological novels with a tad of supernatural thrown in and this fits the bill.