The Pale House Devil
Ratings8
Average rating3.9
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Ratings8
Average rating3.9
A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives—one dead, one living—hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross and Lucy A. Snyder. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries—one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down. There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they’ve faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting...
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I knew next to nothing about The Pale House Devil when I borrowed it from the library. It was in the new fiction section and I basically grabbed it at the last minute on my way out the door because I was in the mood for something short and spooky. I can say now that was a good call.
This frightening and fast-paced creature feature is worth it for Ford and Neuland alone. They may be hitmen but they are also good men with good hearts and they're great friends with excellent banter. I wish they were my uncles.
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