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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060745059
ISBN: 0060745053
Label: HarperTorch
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperTorch
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Sales Rank: 425532
Studio: HarperTorch
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Product Description:
It begins as a lark -- a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth's elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something unwelcome ... and palpably evil. Suddenly Sara is speaking in a voice not her own, transformed into a miserable, whimpering creature so unlike her normal, sensible self. No tricks or talismans will dispel the malevolence that now plagues the inhabitants of this haunted place -- until a dark history of treachery, lust, and violence is exposed. But the cost might well be the sanity and the lives of the living.
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Rating:  - One of the best ghost stories ever
I read this book as a teen in the 1970's, and I have read it again recently. Sure, the fashion and culture descriptions are dated. But the ghost stuff is chilling and thrilling. I consider this the best ghost story I've ever read. The movie version with Barbara Stanwyck is awful. For a great ghost movie (not of this book), try The Uninvited with Ray Milland.
Rating: - One Of The BEST
I'm a huge fan of ghostly mysteries, or paranormal thrillers, as I call them. These differ from "paranormal romance" in that the "romance", if any, is kept to a minimum.
Ammie Come Home is perfect on all counts, a scary, shivery, page turner that kept me enthralled from start to finish.
Michaels never has to resort to descriptions of decapitation or the intestines of her characters being dragged across the pages to create a feeling of fear...she does it with writing, and suspense.
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Rating: - I loved this book
I read this book several years ago and it was at the time, one of the scariest books I had ever read. It was possible that it was so scary because I read it when I was alone and it was a dark, stormy night or whatever, I had to leave the light on.
First I would like to address the complaints I saw in the two one star reviews.
The language. These are highly educated people. I have attended college and I can assure you there are plenty of people who really talk like that. I find ... Read More
Rating:  - Ammie, Go Away!
This book is so bad I don't even know where to start. I bought it based on many of the reviews on this page, and since I had previously read The Master Of Blacktower and loved it, I thought that this book would be similarly good. I was terribly wrong! Right away the dialogue ticked me off because real people don't talk the way that the characters talk in this book. The dialogue (mainly involving MacDougal and Bruce) is filled with pompous remarks and ridiculous attempts to sound intelligent. ... Read More
Rating: - Just because everyone else likes it, doesn't mean I will...
I picked this up one day and thought it would be a good ghost story, especially since so many people seem to praise this author's writing.
But...I was wrong.
Filled with annoying characters that I did not like, a storyline that could be seen coming a mile away, and not a single frightening moment, despite the fact that this is a ghost story, my excitement over finding a scary book, for once, died pretty fast.
First of all, when the characters' dialogue actually ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060745059
ISBN: 0060745053
Label: HarperTorch
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperTorch
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Sales Rank: 425532
Studio: HarperTorch