SINCE RUBY

by Bernard Taylor

Eight friends getting together for a companionable evening. But before that evening is over there occurs to one of their number the most horrific and dreadful happening, a happening that shatters their peace of mind and breeds deep and lasting suspicions.But the years have passed, and the horrors of that evening are long behind them. Or are they? Now, suddenly, eleven years later, new horrors are taking place. One by one, those seven friends are dying....

Genres: Horror, Mystery

456 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 7, 2000

About the author

Bernard Taylor was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and now lives in London. Following active service in Egypt in the Royal Air Force, he studied Fine Arts in Swindon, then at Chelsea School of Art and Birmingham University. On graduation he worked as a teacher, painter and book illustrator before going as a teacher to the United States. While there, he took up acting and writing and continued with both after his return to England. He has published ten novels under his own name, including The Godsend (1976), which was adapted for a major film, and Sweetheart, Sweetheart (1977), which Charles L. Grant has hailed as one of the finest ghost stories ever written. He has also written novels under the pseudonym Jess Foley, as well as several works of nonfiction. He has won awards for his true crime writing and also for his work as a playwright. It was during his year as resident playwright at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch that he wrote The Godsend. There Must Be Evil, his latest true crime study, is to be published in England in September.

Reviews

[A.R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is Bernard Taylor's worst book, but that's not to say it's bad. Quite the opposite. It's a testimony to his talent, because it's very good. This one is more of a mystery than a horror tale, for if it had been macabre, Ruby's ghost would've been the culprit. This book's worth the read, however.