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Kolchak The Night Stalker: A Black & Evil Truth

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A Black and Evil Truth is the first Night Stalker novel in over a decade. Worth the wait. Karl gets assigned the case of a killer who rips his victims into as many pieces as he can. Quickly and without a trace of coming or going. In pursuit of the truth of the title, Karl learns a few disturbing things about himself. At least this time, the police are with him. An exciting addition to the series of novels and anthologies! Well worth the price to any Night Stalker fan!

You have made it to the big time carl! This new kolchak novel takes our hero to the scene of a grisly homicide in Western Virginia as he encounters the usual and unusual. The story is a great, fast read and the writer is to be commended. My only problems are technical in nature. The book was edited well but someone missed the last chapter-there were numerous glaring errors. The other was kind of odd-the typeface used seemed to make apostrophes look like footnote markers! Every time I saw one I instinctively checked the back of the book for a reference. Overall the book is great and I highly recommend it!

Moonstone has done a great job with the last two Kolchak books: this and the lushly illustrated "Lovecraftian Horror" from earlier this year. "A Black and Evil Truth" is written with a clear view of who Carl Kolchak is and what made the original novels special. Carl's unique voiceovers are there, supplying details just as they were in the television series. Moonstone's editing has also improved (although it's not perfect this time out, either, as noted in an earlier review). I'm looking forward to future novels in the series.

I'm a life-long fan of the Night Stalker and from Virginia, so the story was particularly great for me. I'm still a bit torn over the ending. Don't want to give anything away, but it's the kind of thing most will likely either love or hate.

Shane Hensley