Today on my blog I’m delighted to bring you my review of The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke. It’s been hailed as the must-read summer chiller by the Daily Express and below you will find the book description followed by my review.
The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke
A SENSELESS MURDER. A TERRIFYING LEGEND. A FAMILY HAUNTED.
1990: In the darkest woods, three girls devote themselves to a sinister figure.
2000: A young mother disappears, leaving behind her husband and baby daughter.
2018: A teenage girl is charged with murder, and her trial will shock the world.
Three chilling events, connected by the shadow he casts.
He is the Tall Man. He can make you special…
The Tall Man – My Review
The book description doesn’t say much but it does create the mood going into this book. A senseless murder, a terrifying legend, and a family haunted. What’s not to like. This book beings in 1990 with three girls devoting themselves to The Tall Man. They believe he can make them special. It’s creepy and chilling and you don’t get much more than that. Jump forward and we are introduced to Sadie and Miles. Sadie is pregnant and believes she’s cursed. When she gives birth to Amber, she leaves her believing that it’s the only way to protect her.
The story jumps forward then and we meet Amber, 18, who is being filmed for a documentary. Here we meet Greta and a couple of other characters as well. From this point, the story dips between 2018 and 2016. In 2016, Sadie returns believing that it is safe to do so. Amber is almost 16 and family life resumes with Miles overjoyed that his wife has returned.
The story is certainly creepy and as a reader, you are gearing yourself up to find out who this mysterious Tall Man is and what is going to come out of the shadows at Sadie. You want to know the truth about the Tall Man, what he does to people and why the line, ‘he takes daughters’ is repeated so often. It was definitely a page-turner and I wanted to know why and who Amber murdered, which we don’t get until the end. It’s certainly filled with dark tension and I often wondered if Amber was a good actress or truly disturbed and haunted.
If you are looking for a psychological and creepy book to read this summer, then The Tall Man is a must. It’s packed with suspense and even when you finish that last page, you’ll be watching the shadows.
The Tall Man is available now in ebook, paperback, and audiobook from Amazon and all reputable stores, and it’s only 87p on Kindle at the moment. A great bargain.
Until next time,
Keep reading and writing,
Amanda
Amanda J Evans is an award-winning Irish author and writing coach. Amanda writes adult romance that often crosses into paranormal and fantasy. Growing up with heroes like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, her stories centre on good versus evil with a splice of love and magic thrown in too. Her books have all won awards and her novella, Hear Me Cry, won the Book of the Year Award at the Dublin Writers Conference 2018. Amanda is also the author of Surviving Suicide: A Memoir from Those Death Left Behind, published in 2012.
