The Right Hand of Evil, John Saul
The Right Hand of Evil, John Saul
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The Right Hand of Evil

Author: John Saul

Narrator: Bill Weideman

Unabridged: 11 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2006

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

In a career spanning more than twenty years, New York Times bestselling author John Saul has terrified us with his chilling, psychologically charged novels. Now, in The Right Hand of Evil, Saul plumbs the icy depths of darkness—and gives us his most frightening, compelling novel yet. Don't turn out the light. . . .Just as their troubled marriage is reaching the breaking point, Ted and Janet Conway receive tragic news that unexpectedly gives them a chance to start again. After the lingering death of his estranged aunt, Ted inherits the Conway home in the small Louisiana town of St. Albans, an imposing structure that has been in the family for more than a century. With nothing to hold them in Shreveport, the Conways move with their teenage twins, Jared and Kim, and eighteen-month-old daughter, Molly, to the promise of a new beginning.But the house has a life of its own.Abandoned for the last forty years, surrounded by thick trees and a stifling sense of melancholy, the sprawling three-story Victorian house seems to swallow up the sunlight, along with people's lives. For deep within the cold cellar and etched into the very walls is a long, dark history of the Conway name—a grim bloodline poisoned by suicide, strange disappearances, voodoo rituals, and rumors of murder. But the Conways know nothing of the soul-shattering secrets that snake through generations of their family's past. They do not know that terror awaits them.All that will change.A child's haunting cries do not seem to be coming from Molly. The twins, who have always shared a special sympatico connection, now find that mental link abruptly severed. Now, Kim awakens with nightmare visions she prays are only imaginary. Now, as Ted throws his energies into renovating the house, Janet notices a difference in Jared—the once-outgoing teenager has become cold and hostile, full of rage and resentment. Is this a symptom of adolescence or something far more sinister? The answer lies in a horrifying truth that, once revealed, will threaten to consume every living soul in its fiery wake. For with each generation of the Conway name comes a hellish day of reckoning.A master of supernatural suspense, John Saul knows what transpires in the black folds of night—and who will be touched by The Right Hand of Evil.

About John Saul

House of Reckoning is John Saul’s thirty-sixth novel. His first novel, Suffer the Children, published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels include In the Dark of the Night, Perfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, The Right Hand of Evil, Guardian, and Faces of Fear. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandra on May 18, 2023

Ted and Janet Conway move into Ted’s ancestral home in Louisiana, along with their children (teenage twins Jared and Kim, and baby Molly) after Ted’s estranged aunt dies. Ted is an alcoholic who was just fired from his job so this seems like a fresh beginning for them. But the house has a legacy of......more

Goodreads review by Dirk on December 19, 2018

Well, this does exactly what it sets out to do. Saul is one of those writers whose name has become synonymous with horror. It’s what he does. As such, he’s written this kind of thing quite a few times, and in some cases, better. It’s the sort of standard horror fare that horror aficionados can finis......more

Goodreads review by Richard K. on April 30, 2021

Don't go into this John Saul book thinking you are going to get his normal scares...this one is EXTREMELY violent and gory!! I LOVED this, both when it originally came out in 1999, and now again in 2021! WARNINGS: animal and child sacrifices, depicted VERY graphically!!! So, in St. Albans; Louisiana......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 21, 2013

A family led by a simpering mother and a drunk abusive father inherits a foreboding property in small town Louisiana. This book contains some typical horror elements-sinister religious vibes, a terrible father figure, a messed up family, suspicious townspeople, blah, blah, blah. It's fairly predictab......more

Goodreads review by Alderlv on March 14, 2020

Tā it kā Eksorcista fan fiction lasītu. Esmu vīlies.......more