Locked Doors: A Novel of Terror

by Blake Crouch

Book Overview

Seven years ago, suspense novelist Andrew Thomas's life was shattered when he was framed for a series of murders. The killer's victims were unearthed on Andrew's lakefront property, and since he was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1456506668
• ISBN13: 9781456506667
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

#2 in series

It's been 7 years since Andrew "disappeared" from the radar after being kidnapped & framed by his brother Orson & Luther Kite. Andrew has carved a solitary life for himself in the Yukon until murders of those that were closest to him happen & then he knows that Luther is back. Journeying back into the land of the living, Andrew tracks down Luther's parents along with a police detective who has put two & two together. A showdown of epic proportions happens setting up a huge killing spree.

I find Crouch's writing unlike anyone in the Horror genre

Locked Doors Blake Crouch 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Product description Seven years ago, suspense novelist Andrew Thomas's life was shattered when he was framed for a series of murders. The killer's victims were unearthed on Andrew's lakefront property, and since he was wanted by the FBI, Andrew had no choice but to flee and to create a new identity. Andrew does just that in a cabin tucked away in the remote wilderness near Haines Junction, Yukon. His only link to society is by e-mail, through which he learns that all the people he ever loved are being stalked and murdered. Culminating in the spooky and secluded Outer Banks of North Carolina, the paths of Andrew Thomas, a psychotic named Luther Kite, and a young female detective collide. LOCKED DOORS is a novel of blistering suspense that will scare you to death. My Review 📚📙📘📗 Locked Doors follows up Blake Crouch first book in this series Desert Places . I find Crouch's writing unlike anyone in the Horror genre. This story held my attention all the way through. As with the first book in this series it was both dark & disturbing. The only reason i gave this one 4 stars because they were way too many characters. This was a very suspenseful novel filled with murder and terror. Picking up seven years after the previous book. I was scared, nervous, on the edge of my seat the whole book.I cannot put his books down once I start.I seriously love every Blake Crouch book I've read and especially this series. I've always been a murder mystery, suspense, horror lover . This book is def Not for the squeamish . It is Pretty violent, gorey, and very suspenseful. Over all this is A very good book and I totally recommend this series to any fan of the horror genre.

Relentless

Locked Doors picks up seven years after the conclusion of Crouch's debut novel, the compulsively readable Desert Places. Having barely survived the events related in that harrowing thriller, famous writer Andrew Thomas, now one of America's most wanted criminals, has settled in the Yukon after many years on the run. Believing his ordeal over, Thomas is stunned to learn of the murder of a friend's wife and the kidnapping of a former flame. Apparently, someone is trying to send him a message that the trials that commenced seven years prior are not over, and that a reckoning must occur. Thomas travels to North Carolina and the Outerbanks island of Ocracoke to confront his adversary, setting the stage for an epic battle between the author and a man who can only be described as a relentless killing machine. Crouch's sophomore effort, a tense, violent, fast paced work of suspense, proves the author has not lost his ability to enthrall and surprise his audience-Locked Doors is just as slick and twisted and entertaining as Desert Places, perhaps even more so. What distinguishes it from that novel is Crouch's focus on ancillary characters like homicide detective Violet King and would be true crime writer Horace Boone, which, rather than diverting readers' attention from the main battle, actually intensifies the experience once the blood starts to fly. Crouch's chief talent lies in dropping his characters into untenable, sanity threatening situations, and then letting all hell break loose. This affinity for mayhem wreaks havoc with the reader's expectations, as neither the heroes nor the villains ever act predictably. The relentless pace of the narrative and Crouch's clean, taut prose allows for a certain suspension of disbelief, making for a book that readers will be loathe to put down once they've begun.

Couldn't put the book down.....

This was a great book. My husband and I read Crouch's first book "Desert Places" and could hardly wait for "Locked Doors" to come out. The day it came out, my husband read it in about 5 hours. I began the next day and life around you just stops while you're reading a Blake Crouch book. Awesome book! I have already re-read "Desert Places" and "Locked Doors" a few times each and I can't wait to read the next one.

Gosh Darned Good. Gosh Darned Scary. Read with the Lights On!

In Black Crouch's last novel, DESERT PLACES thriller writer Andrew Thomas had been framed by his fraternal twin brother Orsen and his twin's evil sidekick Luther Kite for a series of murders. This story takes up seven years later. Andrew is living in hiding in Haines Junction up in Canada's Yukon, but Kite is bent on drawing him out for a final battle. He does this by killing off his friends (and fixing it so Andrew gets the blame). Luther Kite is bent on revenge and he'll stop at nothing to get it and since Andrew cannot go on letting his friends die, it looks like Kite is going to get a crack at him. Homicide detective Violet King is in charge of the investigation and it isn't long before she's drawn into the affairs of Kite and Andrew. Also, a writer wannabe named Horace Boone has figured out Thomas's identity and thinks he'll be buried under a pile of dollars if he can just turn this info into a bestseller. Does Boone write his bestseller, well you'll have to read this bestseller to find out, but I gosh darned gurantee you that you will not be disappointed. Blake Crouch knows how to deliver suspense and then how to rachet it up. Read this one with the lights on.

A stay-up-all-night thriller

LOCKED DOORS is Blake Crouch's second novel; his first, DESERT PLACES, somehow got by me, an error that I will begin correcting later this afternoon. In doing my homework for this review, I noticed that the reviews of his debut novel were mixed. Don't let that keep you from reading this sophomore effort. I began reading LOCKED DOORS at 10:00 p.m. on a Monday evening, and kept reading until I was too tired to hold the book properly. Crouch quite simply is a marvel. He changes perspective, points of view, and tense at whim, challenging you to hang on and ride with him. And it's easy to do. He's so good you'll want to hug him because you love him or smack him because you're jealous; sometimes you want to do both, simultaneously. I'll give you an example. LOCKED DOORS involves, among other things, a gentleman named Luther Kite who is as dangerous and fearsome as anyone you could meet. One of the best passages in the book concerns a visit Kite pays to a Waffle House, where he orders pancakes. You know that either it'll turn out okay or he'll be painting the walls, but you're not sure which. I guarantee you though that if you read LOCKED DOORS you'll visit a Waffle House, just once, to see if Luther Kite is there. You won't be able to resist; Crouch's descriptive powers are that finely honed. Then there's another scene, darn near perfect, where Kite goes into a Wal-Mart... But I'm getting ahead of myself here. LOCKED DOORS nicely summarizes DESERT PLACES, telling the story of bestselling thriller writer Andrew Thomas. Thomas's idyllic existence, consisting of money, a modicum of fame, and a comfortable residence in Davidson, North Carolina, is shattered when he's framed for multiple murders by his fraternal twin brother Orson and the aforementioned Mr. Kite (and yes, if you're a Beatles aficionado, there may be a link), causing him to flee for his life. At the beginning of the novel --- several identity changes and location switches later --- Thomas is living an anonymous, quiet, and isolated life in Haines Junction, Yukon, when Kite begins a horrific killing spree that targets everyone that Thomas ever cared for. Believing that the horror in his life was buried by his new identity, Thomas is drawn back to his old world as he leaves his self-imposed solitude and puts himself onto, and into, Kite's path. Violet King, a homicide detective of quiet but deep and abiding faith, is put in charge of the investigation of what is believed to be Thomas's new string of murders. She soon finds herself on a collision course with both Thomas and Kite. Meanwhile, a hapless, would-be writer named Horace Boone has stumbled onto Thomas's identity. Boone, who suspects, correctly, that Thomas is going to pursue Kite and bring his insane killing spree to an end, follows Thomas with the hope of turning his eyewitness account into a bestseller. Kite has a plan of his own: luring Thomas out of hiding so that Kite might exact a twisted, long-simmering revenge upon him. LO

Crouch does it again

I was one of the many that had the spit scared out of me by Crouch's first novel, DESERT PLACES. It had horrifying villains, incredible suspense, and a teeth-clenching plot. LOCKED DOORS is even better. Crouch's strong suit is to drop characters into hopeless situations and then rachet up the tension until it is unbearable. No one writing today has such a mastery of suspense. I've never read a book faster. If you like the mainstream thriller writers Jack Kerley, John Sandford, Thomas Harris, or the dark fiction authors Jack Ketchum and Ed Lee, buy this book. You won't be disappointed.