The Piper

Okay, first things first. I HATE horror. Not because I don't think it's any good, but because I'm an extremely suggestible person, and a single horror novel can have me on edge for months later. Horror about your family going missing and or getting killed? I'm OUT. PERIOD. Nope, not for me. EVER. So, w......more

By far this has been one of my favourite books in the last year. It is full of spooky and the writing is excellent. Such a great story. You know that type of book, when you get to the last 5 or 10 chapters that you find yourself almost skimming it because you can't wait to read what happens. That is......more

This was a random selection based in part on a great cover, in part on its availability at the library and in part on my constant quest to find good female horror authors. Hightower has a background in crime fiction and it shows, because the book kept slipping into a police procedural. Another thing......more

I just finished “The Piper” by Lynn Hightower, which simply blew me away. I’ve known Hightower as a Shamus-Award-winning mystery writer, so I didn’t look into what I was buying at all. I started the Audible book, and was quickly introduced to Olivia James, a pragmatic Southern woman living in Los An......more

Author warning: this review uses a food-based analogy as its basis. IDK, I'm hungry and it seems like a good idea. The chances are good that you've read this book before. I've got nothing against the basic recipe that the story is based on: a return to a hometown after years away, followed by the dis......more