SFF

No One Gets Out Alive

by Adam Nevill
St. Martin's. Apr. 2015. 640p. ISBN 9781250041289. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466837393. HORROR
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On her own in the English city of Birmingham, Stephanie is desperate to find a cheap place to live as she cobbles together temp jobs. She takes a room at 82 Edgehill Road, but from the first night she realizes that all is not right in the residence. The landlord is a rabbity, pervy slimeball called Knacker; the house is old and ill kept, with dirt and dust everywhere; and most unsettling are the voices, pleading for help.
VERDICT The unpleasantness of a young woman forced by poverty to make some bad choices escalates to terror as the nature of her landlord and his scheme for the dwelling come to light. Sensitive readers might find the violence toward women and the damage it wreaks on Stephanie's psyche more horrifying than the supernatural scares. British author Nevill (Last Days; The Ritual) is incredibly skilled at building tension, and his thick-accented Birmingham villains drip menace.
Reviewed by Megan M. McArdle , Mar 15, 2015
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