Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
The Hush Of Dark Wings
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Charles L. Grant
Class/Genre: Mystery Fantasy Supernatural
Series: Black Oak # 2
Roc, Jan 1999, $5.99, 233 pp.
Black Oak Security, owned and operated by Ethan Proctor, is recognized as one of the top investigative corporations in the country. Proctor has his fill of mundane cases, but occasionally deals with an eerie investigation that hints at the supernatural. To his credit, Proctor does not rule out the seemingly impossible.
He wonders if something otherworldly is the cause behind a case in Hart Junction, Kansas, a town that was used at one time in many movies. Residents seem to vanish without a trace. The few remaining citizens hear footsteps, but no one is ever seen. Even more frightening to the few remaining townsfolk is the flying sounds that are heard by all just before someone dies. All these nocturnal events began when the Morning Star Cult moved into the vicinity about four years ago. Proctor predominately looks at the cult without ruling out other culprits in an effort to save a town that is near death.
Charles Grant has the uncanny ability to make readers doubt their conclusions while perusing one of his brilliant novels. The titillating wonder of not knowing whether Proctor battles the natural or supernatural world propels BLACK OAK #2: THE HUSH OF WINGS into a one sitting experience in order to obtain some answers. This engrossing and impossible to predict novel leaves the audience impatiently clamoring for book # 3 and searching for book #1.
Harriet Klausner
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