Eva Pasco

5.0 out of 5 stars

Heart-Wrenching Horror!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2023

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This jaw-dropper deserves best-seller status!

Author, Terry Kerr’s heart-wrenching novel set in the town of Mancaster ends up being an endurance test for Chris and Nikki Allsop. The couple’s marriage is hanging by a thread—two intertwined reasons for that. His bad thing and her issue prompt them to start fresh in their new home. Flat 5 at Costigan House spawns a living hell. Same as Chris’s new work place, System Four.

For the reader, tension builds at a brisk pace with lobbed grenades tossed in for good measure as Chris and Nikki go about their day:

Weird neighbors. Quirky smoke alarms and rising temperatures. Phantom voices. Chris’s sadistic boss and acolytes.

No spoiler alerts for the so much more going on in a town where most everyone is connected and has loyal ties to a deceased local politician.

The author’s captivating writing style heavily incorporates character introspection which delves below the surface of their psyches and peers inside their souls. Priceless!

You don’t need to move into Costigan House to get a whiff of horror. By simply acquiring a copy of ‘Ten,’ you’ll get to walk in Chris Allsop’s shoes. For this reader, he’s my stand-up hero.