The Homecoming - BookWyrm

Published May 2, 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:: 978-0-307-70096-4

(1 review)

From its explosive opening to its eerie climax, The Homecoming is a page-turning, labyrinthine thrill ride that returns to Niceville . . . where evil lives far longer than men do.

When two plane crashes set off a spellbinding chain reaction of murder, inadvertent kidnapping, corporate corruption, and financial double-dealing, it’s not enough that Niceville detective Nick Kavanaugh (ex–Special Forces) has to investigate. He and his wife, family lawyer Kate, have also just taken in brutally orphaned Rainey Teague. Something bothers Nick about Rainey—and it isn’t just that the woman in charge of attendance at Rainey’s prep school has disappeared. In fact, people have long been disappearing from seemingly placid Niceville, including, most disturbingly, Kate’s father. Using his files, Kate and Nick start to unearth Niceville’s blood stained history, but something (or is it Nothing?) stands in their way.

Once again, Carsten Stroud gives us unforgettable characters, including Coker, the …

From its explosive opening to its eerie climax, The Homecoming is a page-turning, labyrinthine thrill ride that returns to Niceville . . . where evil lives far longer than men do.

When two plane crashes set off a spellbinding chain reaction of murder, inadvertent kidnapping, corporate corruption, and financial double-dealing, it’s not enough that Niceville detective Nick Kavanaugh (ex–Special Forces) has to investigate. He and his wife, family lawyer Kate, have also just taken in brutally orphaned Rainey Teague. Something bothers Nick about Rainey—and it isn’t just that the woman in charge of attendance at Rainey’s prep school has disappeared. In fact, people have long been disappearing from seemingly placid Niceville, including, most disturbingly, Kate’s father. Using his files, Kate and Nick start to unearth Niceville’s blood stained history, but something (or is it Nothing?) stands in their way.

Once again, Carsten Stroud gives us unforgettable characters, including Coker, the steely, amoral police sniper, and Harvill Endicott, an urbanely manipulative psychopath, not to mention Warren Smoles, the most conniving lawyer you will ever meet. Stroud’s unique storytelling gifts bring us into a world where protecting your family from the unknown becomes almost impossible but essential for survival.

Anything is possible in The Homecoming.

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Jonathan Arnold reviewed The homecoming by Carsten Stroud

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5 stars

Another great read in this series! A fascinating mix of horror, occult, mystery, thriller and crime novel, Stroud really has something going here.

In this second book of the Niceville trilogy, we have Kate and Nick trying to deal with Rainey Teague, the orphan son who has quite the mysterious past, as well as Kate's sister Beth and her two kids, estranged from their crazy husband / father. That guy is trouble throughout the book, as they try to bring him to justice for something, although Nick and the police aren't quite sure.

Also involved are Coker and Danziger, the two cops involved in the crazy and fatal bank robbery from the first book.

And we have this malevolent being, the Nothing, that is some how involved with the ancient evil that is the Teague family.

Too much fun! It was definitely one of those books that I had to …

Another great read in this series! A fascinating mix of horror, occult, mystery, thriller and crime novel, Stroud really has something going here.

In this second book of the Niceville trilogy, we have Kate and Nick trying to deal with Rainey Teague, the orphan son who has quite the mysterious past, as well as Kate's sister Beth and her two kids, estranged from their crazy husband / father. That guy is trouble throughout the book, as they try to bring him to justice for something, although Nick and the police aren't quite sure.

Also involved are Coker and Danziger, the two cops involved in the crazy and fatal bank robbery from the first book.

And we have this malevolent being, the Nothing, that is some how involved with the ancient evil that is the Teague family.

Too much fun! It was definitely one of those books that I had to hold back from skipping ahead to see what happens, which is always a good sign. And I've immediately jumped into the third and final book, The Reckoning, which is also a good sign.