Eva Pasco

5.0 out of 5 stars

Life Imitating Art

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023

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Author Terry Kerr’s macabre work of literary art is a “slice” of life imitating art. ‘Pavlov’s Bell’ is gripping theater brilliantly staged by a writer who is also a play actor. This allows readers, his captive audience, a glimpse of what goes on behind the curtain.

Eve Rogers, Kerr’s protagonist, along with her telepathic dead husband, Carl; and her sister, Sarah, become seared into your psyche, courtesy of the author’s flashbacks and character introspection. Plot-wise, if the characters have trouble piecing together the puzzle clues, the reader is also held hostage in fear and trepidation.

Kerr stumped me with “barking clappers, "and slayed me with “someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah”.

Terry Kerr has masterminded the nuances of psychological horror through impeccable pacing, precision timing, madness, and gruesome details. It’d be grand to see this novel adapted into a screenplay. Standing ovations and box-office sellouts, guaranteed!