Very enjoyable story featuring a mysterious apartment building on Central Park West known as The Rockwell. It’s a pretty strange building with some even stranger residents. Widowed Caroline Evans comes to live there with her two children when she marries Anthony Fleming who is a resident of The Rockwell. The place has a reputation for being haunted and it just might be true. The kids are experiencing voices in the night and having vivid nightmares and it’s hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t. This story really held my attention and there was such a great creepy atmosphere created within The Rockwell. The characters were quite an interesting assortment of people. I thought Caroline’s 10-year-old son Ryan was pretty awesome. I never knew what to expect next, and it was perfect for my Halloween reading. ( )

Not truly a horror story - more of a suspense. You know something is wrong at the Rockwell building but not sure who is all involved at first. The mother, Caroline, must have felt that Tony was such a great lover that she ignores the warning signs at the beginning, then acts so wimpy at her job and her treatment of her children's issues. I did like the involvement of the cop, the girlfriends and the coworkers. Sorry to have something happen so soon to her friend. Did like how the solutions were done with the son having such a major part in it. ( )

The first half was a little slow for me. But the second half I found myself very invested in the story and trying to figure out a way for the characters to escape. A cool twist on a haunted house/demonic possession story. I liked the ending, but then the epilogue happened and made things seem too simple. Overall a 4 star book. ( )

Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening. Something about bad dreams or something??? Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening... It's over. 😡
Strike ✌️ for this author. ( )

Recently widowed Caroline Evans, who has two children, (10-year-old Ryan and 12-year-old Laurie) remarries and moves into new husband’s home, an old apartment building in New York City called The Rockwell. The kids hate it and want to move back to their old home. The Rockwell has a reputation for being a spooky old building. Ryan dislikes his mom’s new husband Anthony. He finds the tenants in the building (who are mostly elderly) strange and creepy. Soon, one of Caroline’s friends, who was checking on a tenant at the Rockwell, is murdered. Ryan and Laurie start hearing strange voices at night. Then Laurie starts having scary dreams… are they dreams? Or are they real?

This was a really captivating and creepy read! I had a hard time putting this book down, I had to find out what was going to happen next! The setting of the old building was good and atmospheric. The characters were interesting… some were likable, some were weird and scary. The storyline was compelling.

Another dark and chilling read by John Saul. ( )