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The Mirror's Edge

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I'm a fan of this author's writing on many levels, the most obvious being his consistency. Sidor started good and gets scary better with each new offering. The Mirror's Edge is a frightening journey we take with a cynical narrator through a satanic world of evil and magic. I read it over two days and expect nightmares born of the cloven entourage Jase finds himself fighting from start to finish. It's a battle that jumps continents and Sidor's sharp, economic narrative keeps the story moving at a fast pace. His characters (the good, the bad and the misbegotten) grab hold and don't let go.

This is a writer making leaps where most of his contemporaries are forced to climb the ladder one step at a time. Read this baby with the lights on and make damn sure it's not on a stormy night ...

Independent reporter Jase Deering believes it was the disappearance of his brother Mathias who at twelve years old walked into the wintry woods and never came safely home. Now as one year has passed since the kidnapping of two-year-old twins Liam and Shane Boyle, Jase and his blind girlfriend Robyn Matchfrost decide to investigate what the police have classified as a cold case.

The Chicago police detectives who worked the official inquiry assist Jase and Robyn as much as they can as they want closure almost as much as the victims' parents crave it. The journalist team interviews the Boyle former nanny who lives in total abject fear and shows them the term "mirrorrorrim" that the abductor etched on her skin. That message leads Jase and Robyn to black arts cult leader Aubrey Hart Morick, who believed strongly in human sacrifice; however Morick was dead long before the snatch occurred. Jase turns to Aubrey's offspring and soon uncovers disturbing information that makes him wonder if the son is a chip off the evil father's block. Finding the twins and proof remain elusive as the years go by with Jase now a solo act digging deeper and deeper into the cult and the supernatural. He knows he is too late for the boys and for himself, but obsessively keeps drilling deeper in search of the truth

This is a one-sitting superb but upsetting suspense tale (keep the antacid tablets handy) that plays out like an investigative thriller, but is much frighteningly more. Readers will follow every disconcerting twist with macabre fascination as Steven Sidor keeps the audience mesmerized with what is going on especially in the obsessed mind of Jase. You will not sleep well thinking about what really happened in this unforgettable novel.

Harriet Klausner

I would say the third time is a charm! This book is the best that Steve has written. As I was reading this book, I was always wondering what was on the next page. I could not put this book down, let alone sleep at night.

OK, this isn't my normal genre... I mean life is scary enough without my having to seek it out. But I read "The Mirror's Edge" anyway and couldn't put it down. I have read his other two books and some of his early writing and he just keeps getting better. His style is very sensory... I can smell and taste the world he creates... feel the grit under my fingernails. This book is thrilling and frightening and disturbing on a variety of levels and I don't expect to sleep well for a while.

Sidors's Mirror's Edge, the third of his book, and, to date, the most ambitious and satisfying, demonstrates a decision to delve into the occult. Like his characters, Sidor takes risks few authors would in his style, plot, and characters, creating a world of flawed but grounded characters. He takes his characters (and his readers) and pulls them up by the roots, turns them down, and shakes out the loose change of their psyches.

Expect the unexpected - or the expected - either way you continue to guess throughout the book without ever wanting to leave it.

Kudos to Sidor for writing the good write at a time when too many authors take the easy route and write for the masses.

This book was one of the best books I have ever read! I was kept in suspense until the very last page. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery with twists and turns.

I've read all three of Steves books and the Mirror's Edge had me wanting to look over my shoulder as i read it.

I don't usually read supernatural novels, but based on Sidor's earlier efforts I tried his latest. I managed to stick with it through the development stage and am glad I did. It really took off as a mystery/ thriller that I enjoyed immensely. Great spare style. Amazing what you can convey with a minimum of words. Reminds me of the "Timese" they taught in early 60s journalism school.

Steve's work just keeps getting better. I loved his first two books and have been a fan since the beginning. "Mirror's Edge" takes his work to a whole new level. Beyond satisfying, I devoured this book. His latest work is truely unsettling and leaves you looking over your shoulder the whole time. His lush narrative, striking, richly vivid and yet lean, paints a world that grabs you by the collar and pulls you running to the end. Bravo!!

Ive read all 3 of Sidor's books. If you liked either of the prior ones, you probably don't need this review. But if they flew under your radar, definitely start here - it's his best by a wide margin. It's got a bit of a staccato rhythm to it that forces you to focus much more than the run of the mill "easy summer read." In addition, he has a way of slipping in little (and big, on a few occasions) moments where you are forced to stop and question if you read what you thought you read (and yeah, you did). The upshot of all of this is when you are sucked in, you are well and truly sucked in. Well drawn - if slightly fractured - characters, an agreeable sense of foreboding, and you will absolutely want to know how the story ends. What more could you want?