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L.R.J. Allen

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L. R. J. Allen is an avid fan of the fantastic and has been addicted to popular fiction from a young age. He worked eight years in local government and three in telecoms before turning his hand to writing.

He lives outside Salisbury with his fiancée and their cat Bella.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 228 ratings · 57 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Summerside Lake Massacre 3.71 avg rating — 156 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Among Other Things 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Office Politics 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eyeless: A novel of suspense and terror 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Violent Encounter: An extreme horror short for Halloween really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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These books are trashy and tread a very fine line between entertaining and nonsense. This one really is nonsense. It treads predictable water for much of it then pulls an unearned “it was them all along!” style twist that made me roll my eyes. I’ll k ...more
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As always with a Koontz book, the reveal is utter nonsense, but the build up here is terrific. One sequence was flat out terrifying.
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