The Torments

This is the second book in Annie Jackson series, but it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. Annie Jackson lives in a secluded spot in the Scottish countryside. She’s trying to escape ‘the murmurs’, the family curse, affecting only the female members. When Annie looks at someone, she can predict th......more

Michael J Malone has written another creepy, tense novel in his brilliant Annie Jackson series. I loved the first book, so I was desperate to get to The Torments as soon as I got my hands on my copy. In the last book, Annie Jackson was just coming to terms with the “gift” she has, which some members......more

This is the second blog tour I have participated in for this author, thank you to Random Things Tours for including me. The Torments by Michael J. Malone is a captivating and atmospheric journey into the eerie, shadowed corners of the human mind and the supernatural. As the second book in the Annie......more

Annie Jackson, to whom we were introduced in The Murmurs (2023), has a frightening gift – she can foretell how people are going to die. She can also visualise the locations of dead bodies. One of the manifestations of her powers is also a curse. When she is inside her tiny cottage beside a Scottish......more

I love Michael J. Malone's books; the poetically descriptive lyricism and keen appreciation of human behaviour is always a joy to read. His crime fiction is unfailingly of the highest order but as we head into autumn and, of course, Halloween, I was particularly excited to read another of his immers......more