Description
' An absorbing, disturbing and kinetic thriller that balances a tight rope between a conventional whodunnit and a Gothic horror .' - Author Dean Mayes 'In The Mother Of All Things, Mr. Blake melds mystery, crime, suspense, drama , and action in a story seeping with dark paranoid tension. ' - Author E. Denise Billups 'This was a disturbing read, the issues raised certainly psychologically awful...and yet extremely well done.' AlwaysReading - US Reviewer 'If I could rate this book with more than 5 stars, I would do it. This story was an absolutely, off the charts, phenomenal read!' Ann McKemy - US Reviewer Thank you all for reading my books, and of course, if you read my stories and enjoy them, please know it means the absolute world to me. Gabriel is from London, United Kingdom and now lives on the Kent coast. Books that inspired him to write were Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews and The Rats by James Herbert. Before turning his hand to writing, he worked in the building trade for many years. Read more
Features & Highlights
- DARK BEGINNINGS, BRUTAL ENDINGS
- ★★★★★
- Fast-paced
- ,
- scary
- , so
- well thought out
- and so
- rewarding to read
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- Extremely well written
- . Kept me on the
- edge of my seat
- the whole way through.
- Left me feeling extremely satisfied
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- ★★★★★
- Clever
- and
- compelling psychological thriller
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- Shocking
- ,
- tense
- ,
- gripping
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- surprising
- ,
- thought-provoking
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- dark
- and
- chilling
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- A traumatic event and the break-up of her marriage returns Elaine to her childhood home where she embarks on renovating the run-down farmhouse as she reconnects with her mother and entertains her two children over the summer holidays.Terrifying nightmares, the stirring of memories long forgotten, and eerie happenings at the house, suggest her imagination is getting the better of her, until confronted by an intruder and things spiral out of control.A missing policeman, a suspicious psychiatrist, and an old adversary add to her escalating tension. When she wakes up covered in blood next to the body of a masked man, Elaine must fight for her sanity, facing demons both past and present.Unless it’s too late.
- ★★★★★
- The Mother of all reads!
- - Really enjoyed this book. The first half develops the characters well, ready for the clever,
- fast-paced
- second half. It's hard to decide what genre this book fits in. As a lover of
- James Herbert
- and
- Stephen King
- , I would say it would probably be along the lines of a psychological thriller/horror.
- ★★★★★
- A must-read - Wow!
- This book had me gripped from the very beginning. So many
- twists and turns
- .
- ★★★★★ The
- best novel
- I’ve read in a long time - A
- brilliant novel
- . The detailing in the description of the characters, places and dreams are
- breathtaking
- .
- ★★★★★ An
- absorbing
- ,
- disturbing
- and
- kinetic thriller
- that balances a tight rope between a conventional
- whodunnit
- and a
- Gothic horror
- .
- ★★★★★ In The Mother Of All Things, Mr Blake melds
- mystery
- ,
- crime
- ,
- suspense
- ,
- drama
- , and
- action
- in a story seeping with
- dark paranoid tension
- .
- Fans of writers such as
- Stephen King
- ,
- Ruth Ware
- ,
- Megan Abbott
- ,
- Dean Koontz
- ,
- Peter James
- ,
- Jeffery Deaver
- ,
- C. J. Tudor
- , are in for a real treat and
- will not be disappointed
- .
