Voice in the Basement

Author T. Chris Martindale
Published in 1993
Publisher is Pocket Books
Available in eBook as of 2020 and mass market (279 pages)
Horror

This novel was classed as a horror novel in the 90s. I think now it would fall under categories like paranormal murder mystery, thriller & suspense, and supernatural fiction.

I must confess that when I picked this book up to represent my letter V for the A-to-Z challenge I overlooked the word the in its title. I believed that title was Voice in the Basement and not The Voice in the Basement. I didn’t clue in until I started to write up my review. So, sorry for the oversite. I did decide to keep it as my letter V though.

I posted the following review on Goodreads: September 2022.

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The first thing I noticed was the chapters. They’re broken up by dates. The story spans four months from July 15 to November 2.

This was a re-read for me, although I didn’t recall the story details at all during this read-through. However, I found my original copy with the green cover and the ghostly-looking boy on it tucked into my bookshelf with other books from my youth and picked it up. The cover suggests to me that it is a youth read, but the content does not!

The Voice in the Basement is slow building suspense while you get to know the main characters, Cathy and Mitchell. But then the story takes a turn, and the reader is in the middle of a scary intense evil. The level of intensity and darkness makes me feel like this novel should come with a warning. It is a sad and heavy story that finishes by tying up all loose ends.

It has ghosts, psychics, murder, and murder mystery as well as love and the power of love’s bond.

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