Don't Close Your Eyes [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert Ross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Upon her return to the quaint town of Falls Church, in order to face down her unhappy past once and for all, Victoria Kennelly is hurled into a hellish underworld, rife with murder, violence and hatred, where an ancient evil waits to finish what it started years ago.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786014822
• ISBN-13: 978-0786014828
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For fans of Stephen King, Bentley Little and Dean Koontz, July 2, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Close Your Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)

Church Falls is a complacent town on Cape Cod that obtains much of its income from tourists. Nate Tuck has found a haven in Church Falls after shooting a fourteen-year-old gangster in Oakland and when the chief retires he is expected to be the next Sheriff. Nate doesn't know that once every generation an outsider instigates the townsfolk into turning against one another and the cycle is about to begin again.

Victoria Kennelly broke the last cycle of hate when she told the residents that they were wrong to try to expel students suffering with AIDS. A few days later, while trick or treating with her friend Petey, her family and home burst into flames and Petey disappeared, his body never found. Now Victoria feels compelled to return to her hometown because evil has reappeared. Violence, hate crimes and murder have begun again. Nate has a hard time believing these incidents are based on the supernatural but offers no counter explanation.

Fans of Stephen King, Bentley Little and Dean Koontz are going to treasure DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES, a supernatural thriller that is so scary readers will go to bed with so much lighting on that a lit up stadium at night will seem dim in comparison. Victoria and Nate are polar opposites with one grounded in reality and the other accepting that sometimes the only explanation is mired in the supernatural. Using both logic systems, they combine forces to fight the evil that is destroying the town from the inside out. Robert Ross deserves a Bram Stoker nomination for this chilling horror novel.

Harriet Klausner

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a really scary book, July 12, 2003

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Mama P "John and Elizabeth's Mom" (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Close Your Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought I'd read the best from the horror fiction genre: King, Koonts, Craven. Add Ross to this list. Actually, for the moment, he tops the list. Without giving anything away, this book by far was one of the most innovative and scary reads I have had in a long time. The setting, Cape Cod and New England, was slightly reminscent of Stephen King. But that is where the similarites stopped. The characters are archetypal, without being stereotypical. The evil-doer is realistic and very scary. I really don't want to give too much information about this book because I don't want to spoil it for other readers. I can say that as an avid fan of this genre, this one scared me silly, and I loved every minute of it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sleepless In Barrie, August 15, 2003

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paul mason "dedarkone" (Barrie On) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Close Your Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)

Wow. Robert Ross has sure hit his stride. This tale begins with anightmare by a young man, who then unwittingly passes it to his mother. The chain is thus begun into a nightmare that grips a small town. There are forces of good arrayed against the sinister force gripping the townspeople tho, a young lady whos thought she escaped her haunted past who finds she must return to her hometown to fight the evil once again. A priest whose faith falters, then is regained; a parapsychogolist and his assistant, and a skeptical police officer.
The narrative of this tale picks up force as it approaches it's climax. Ross doesn't gratuitously use gore to scare his readers but relies successfully on increased tension and suspense. His horror is indeed horrifying, and I'll admit I lost some sleep reading this novel.