Deadly Violet: A Raine's Landing Novel

Raine's Landing #4

by Tony Richards

This Fantasy/Horror novel is the 4th installment of the RAINE'S LANDING series.

Genres: Horror

159 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

My latest book -- from UK publisher Endeavour Media -- is a bit of a departure for me. THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... -- takes the Great Detective all over the world, from the States to Africa to the Far East, taking in locations in Europe and the Caribbean along the way. How did I come to write these 13 new mysteries? It's explained in my blog, below.

I'm a writer mostly of supernatural fiction, author of a series of fantasy thriller novels set in the magic-filled town of Raine's Landing, Massachusetts. Currently, that series is up to #6 -- WITCH HUNTER --.with a seventh on the way.

But I write regular crime fiction too, with numerous tales published in AHMM, and a second novel featuring my ex-FBI agent turned private detective, Matt Barrett, is now out from Cemetery Dance Publications. It's called THE TRIBE. (The first novel was THE DESERT KEEPS ITS DEAD).

I've seen to publication almost 100 short stories, enough to fill 8 collections, the latest being THE UNIVERSAL AND OTHER TERRORS (Dark Renaissance Press), and my work has appeared in Asimov's SF, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Weird Tales and numerous top anthologies including Year's Best Horror.

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a lot going on.

You may want to read this one around the winter holidays. This is a series that must be read in order. Raines Landing is a strange mixture of Supernatural and The Twilight Zone. This one was a slightly scaled down version of the chaos that usually strikes but it's still a good read with a very different take on the happy ending.

[Tony-Paul Vissage · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? As entertaining as the other novels, perhaps even more so. I’ve been a fan of Raine’s Landing since I purchased the first novel in the series from the Science Fiction Book Club, and they just keep coming, each one as satisfactory as the last. I always look forward to opening a novel whose title has the subheading: A Raine’s Landing Novel.

This one brings back familiar characters from past stories…Boston cop Lauren, a recovering Saul Hobart, and a pregnant Cassie, trying to maintain a normal life with her boyfriend, the recently-deceased adept Quinn Maycott, as well as others only mentioned previously. There’s a little more on Willetts, who came to the Landing, committed what he considers a criminal sin, and stays to work out his own punishment. None of these side stories are enough to detract from the main theme, namely, why does the mysterious violet light suddenly gleam and then nasty things appear and do away with homes and their inhabitants in particularly gruesome ways? It also answers some questions I, and no doubt other readers, have raised through the years.

I’d call this one a nail-biter, and I’m not going to say any more for Spoilers can pop up unexpectedly whenever one speaks about the Landing. Just read it for yourself, and you’ll see what I mean.



Deadly Violet is available from www.richardsreality.com.
This novel was supplied by the author and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.

[Travis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't a "bad" book at all, it was a decent read. But honestly if you've read any of the Raine's Landing series then you've pretty much read this book as well. This book just has a "beating a dead horse" feel to it . I like Tony Richards work but I think Raine's Landing has run it's course.

[Shelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book in the Raine's Landing series. I wish more people would read these books--they are underrated and deserve a larger audience.

[Clayton Bye · Rating 4 out of 5]

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