Cross County

by Tim Waggoner

When surviving gets this hard, death comes easy... Cross County's secrets run deep. Settlers first came here hundreds of years ago, taking the land from local tribes sworn to guard its dark secrets.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786950382
• ISBN13: 9780786950386
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A good mysery/horror mix that'll keep you guessing

Cross County is a juxtaposition of horror and mystery, where a young boy's murder starts up an investigation for answers and it goes farther than anyone expected. The murder was done in a style that mimicked a previous serial killer from the county, but that man has been dead for years. Sheriff Talon, a woman, along with her local reporter friend try to find out who the killer is, while at the same time Mr. Cross (I can't remember his first name) has some paranormal skills and is also trying to find out who the killer is and is hiding all the evidence he can. Is it to save face for his family name? Whom the county is named after, and they are very rich. Or is he involved somehow? The story seems like a mystery, then turns into supernatural, turns back into a standard mystery or crime novel, then heads back into supernatural horror: which turns out to be a lot of fun. The cross family history, the history of the serial killer, and the history of just about everyone involved in this book was very interesting, and Waggoner ties them all together and this little town at the and of the novel. The way the novel ended was not what I was expecting, and there were plenty of surprises along the way. The book was believable even with some over-the-top supernatural scenes. I felt like I was in some little town in Ohio. I enjoyed this book a lot.

Another great book from Tim Waggoner

I love the writing's style of Tim Waggoner and how he can twist his stories. I never been disappointed with his work and I will buy anything from this author in the future. This book is awesome. It is well written and the story is great. It is well balanced between crime and horror but I can understand that peoples looking only for a crime story may find it "hard" to believe. A must read for any fan of "cthulhu mythos" story too.