The story started with a seemingly unrelated interview of a killer by another psychopath, Kaspar Ganz, in the guise of a psychiatric doctor. Ganz seemed excited when the killer related the details of his murders, until the police came to take him away.

Barbara Waugh had the shock of her life when she received a call from a girl who insisted that she was her long dead daughter, Angela. Angela had been kidnapped and killed when she was four years old. Barbara had already accepted Angela’s death and immersed herself totally in her work, putting the past behind her. However the phone calls continued and she began to doubt, wondering if her child was still alive. Her queries led her to a cult where the members gave up everything in their lives, including their names.

The link between Kasper Ganz (in the beginning pages) with the rest of the story is revealed toward the end of the book, a rather indistinct and brief reference. I am frankly disappointed in the story, as I had read some reviews and thought this would be a great horror story. However this book did not convey the creepiness which some horror stories could. There were endless accounts of dreary and dismal places; the description of ‘the bad’ is so vague, that I am not sure whether the evil is the cult or something supernatural. It is not scary, spine-tingling or terrifying at all!

Rating: 3