Book Review: Sleepeasy

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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T. M. Wright
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Horror   Supernatural
Leisure, April 20001, $5.50, 320pp

Silver Lake is the perfect place for Barbara Briggs to spend her afterlife in since the town is her creation and is quiet, small, and friendly. When Bab's husband Harry barrels through town in a trench coat, a fedora, and a 38 to fulfill a dream of becoming a sleuth, he upsets the town's serenity. His subconscious sets Sydney Longstreet, a deadly serial killer, loose on the unsuspecting living.

Harry and a real private detective Sam have to stop Sydney because his victims are coming to Silver Lake upsetting the delicate cosmic balance. The duo crosses the lake by boat trying to reach the land of the living. Harry manages to return, but forgets that he is already dead while Babs using the name Amelia begins to watch her grip on reality slip.

T. M. Wright has written an atmospheric horror story populated by regular people who happen to be dead, but caught in a strange and dangerous situation. Even the dead have to be careful in Mr. Wright's world. The characters are believable and fascinating as their constricted world changes. Any moment readers will expect Rod Serling to shout about a signpost visited by a Mr. Wright.

Harriet Klausner

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