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Death Do Us Part
Vengeance never dies.
When Art Stanhope’s bitter, vindictive wife commits suicide, he believes all his troubles are over. Instead, they’re just beginning. For Catherine’s fury transcends even the grave, turning Art’s world into a living hell as he struggles to keep his son and new fiancée safe from her lust for vengeance.
But there are secrets behind Catherine’s death that Art doesn’t know—secrets that could prove deadly for everyone involved as they learn too late that death is not always a permanent condition, and sometimes the ultimate sacrifice can be too great a price to pay.
- GenresHorror
84 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2016
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J.G. Faherty
98 books138 followersJG Faherty is a Bram Stoker Award® and ITW Thriller Award nominee and the author of six novels, nine novellas, and more than 50 short stories. He writes adult and YA horror/sci-fi/fantasy, and his works range from quiet, dark suspense to over-the-top comic gruesomeness.
His novels and novellas, all of which are listed on Goodreads, include THE CURE, CARNIVAL OF FEAR, GHOSTS OF CORONADO BAY, CEMETERY CLUB, THE BURNING TIME, LEGACY, CASTLE BY THE SEA, FATAL CONSEQUENCES, THIEF OF SOULS, THE COLD SPOT, and HE WAITS.
He enjoys urban exploring, photography, classic B-movies, good wine, and pumpkin beer. As a child, his favorite playground was a 17th-century cemetery, which many people feel explains a lot. His personal motto is "Photobombing people since 1979!" You can follow him at www.twitter.com/jgfaherty, www.facebook.com/jgfaherty, http://about.me/jgfaherty, and www.jgfaherty.com.
His novels and novellas, all of which are listed on Goodreads, include THE CURE, CARNIVAL OF FEAR, GHOSTS OF CORONADO BAY, CEMETERY CLUB, THE BURNING TIME, LEGACY, CASTLE BY THE SEA, FATAL CONSEQUENCES, THIEF OF SOULS, THE COLD SPOT, and HE WAITS.
He enjoys urban exploring, photography, classic B-movies, good wine, and pumpkin beer. As a child, his favorite playground was a 17th-century cemetery, which many people feel explains a lot. His personal motto is "Photobombing people since 1979!" You can follow him at www.twitter.com/jgfaherty, www.facebook.com/jgfaherty, http://about.me/jgfaherty, and www.jgfaherty.com.
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November 14, 2015
3.5 stars!
In DEATH DO US PART, author J.G. Faherty brings us a tale of revenge remniscent of a Tales From the Crypt episode!
Art Stanhope is married to Catherine, a raving, brutal woman who believes it is her right--her "duty"--to "correct" her husband and young son in any way she sees fit. After her sudden suicide, Art can't help but feel that this act was the best thing she'd ever done for him.
However, Catherine has no intention of letting go so easily--especially now that Art has found a replacement for her.
"Vengeance never dies."
This was a very fast-paced novella with near constant action. The characters virtually never had a chance to "let their guard down" as Catherine's fury was not bound any longer by mortal laws. There were only a couple of things that I, personally, didn't care for. The first, I was easily able to figure out a huge part of the story within the first several pages. The second, after an unforeseen twist in the story, some of the characters began to do and say things that I didn't feel were consistent to the personalities that the author had initially presented us with.
Those things aside, J.G. Faherty is a fantastic storyteller, and I will continue to read anything he comes out with .
Recommended to those that love a good "Tales From the Crypt" style story!
*I received an advance e-copy of this novella through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*
In DEATH DO US PART, author J.G. Faherty brings us a tale of revenge remniscent of a Tales From the Crypt episode!
Art Stanhope is married to Catherine, a raving, brutal woman who believes it is her right--her "duty"--to "correct" her husband and young son in any way she sees fit. After her sudden suicide, Art can't help but feel that this act was the best thing she'd ever done for him.
However, Catherine has no intention of letting go so easily--especially now that Art has found a replacement for her.
"Vengeance never dies."
This was a very fast-paced novella with near constant action. The characters virtually never had a chance to "let their guard down" as Catherine's fury was not bound any longer by mortal laws. There were only a couple of things that I, personally, didn't care for. The first, I was easily able to figure out a huge part of the story within the first several pages. The second, after an unforeseen twist in the story, some of the characters began to do and say things that I didn't feel were consistent to the personalities that the author had initially presented us with.
Those things aside, J.G. Faherty is a fantastic storyteller, and I will continue to read anything he comes out with .
Recommended to those that love a good "Tales From the Crypt" style story!
*I received an advance e-copy of this novella through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*
November 30, 2015
At a brisk 82 pages (which includes a sample from another of the author's works), Death Do Us Part wastes no time in establishing Catherine as a nasty piece of work, before she is summarily dispatched by someone known to her, but kept hidden from the reader. She then manages to come back as a spirit to terrorise her husbamd, Art, their child, and the woman he had been cheating with, aka Catherine's sister.
The rest of the novella revolves around Art truing to get rid of Catherine before she manages to kill one of them. Pretty much every plot beat you would expect gets hit along the way, so there are very few surprises to be had in Death Do Us Part. In fact, the final twist was one that seemed overly telegraphed to me, even if it opens the way for a relatively satisfying conclusion.
Those who favour the old Tales from The Crypt comics and TV episodes will probably find enough to entertain, but if the angry dead coming back to terrorise their seemingly innocent relatives does little for you as a concept, there's not much here to recommend this one from other versions of the same. In fact, Catherine is never sufficiently frightening that I ever felt overly concerned for the safety of Art and co. All that said, the writing is decent and as mentioned, the pacing is fast.
As such, I'll be back to give Faherty another try in the not too distant future.
3 Marriage Vows Left Unfulfilled for Death Do Us Part.
The preceding review is based on an eARC obtained through Netgalley as provided by Samhain Publishing.
The rest of the novella revolves around Art truing to get rid of Catherine before she manages to kill one of them. Pretty much every plot beat you would expect gets hit along the way, so there are very few surprises to be had in Death Do Us Part. In fact, the final twist was one that seemed overly telegraphed to me, even if it opens the way for a relatively satisfying conclusion.
Those who favour the old Tales from The Crypt comics and TV episodes will probably find enough to entertain, but if the angry dead coming back to terrorise their seemingly innocent relatives does little for you as a concept, there's not much here to recommend this one from other versions of the same. In fact, Catherine is never sufficiently frightening that I ever felt overly concerned for the safety of Art and co. All that said, the writing is decent and as mentioned, the pacing is fast.
As such, I'll be back to give Faherty another try in the not too distant future.
3 Marriage Vows Left Unfulfilled for Death Do Us Part.
The preceding review is based on an eARC obtained through Netgalley as provided by Samhain Publishing.
March 7, 2016
"If this is the sort of stuff J.G. Faherty writes all the time, then I am going to be getting much more of his stuff because this is right up my street and the sort of writing that some horror writers out there should be reading as a reference point for starting their own writing careers."
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January 14, 2016
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A marriage that's falling apart, an apparent suicide, and a haunting that turns out to be so much more. Death Do Us Part by JG Faherty is a thrill ride from start to finish. A complex of the lengths one will go to for love and what the dead will do for revenge. This is one of those stories that just reaches out from the pages, grabs you by the collar, and shakes and shakes until you collapse from exhaustion.
Art Stanhope has just asked his wife, Catherine, for a divorce. Next thing you know she's driving into a river ending her life, apparently by suicide. The reader knows there's more to the story, but the who and why are saved until the very end, with numerous twists along the way.
As a novella, Death Do Us Part is a quick read. The pacing is close to perfect and the overall idea is fresh and enjoyable.
Death Do Us Part is available now as an e-book from Samhain Horror.
Recommended.
JG Faherty is a life-long resident of New York's haunted Hudson Valley. He's been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and the ITW Thriller Award. He's the author of six novels, including his most recent, The Cure. as well as eight novellas and more than 50 short stories.
A marriage that's falling apart, an apparent suicide, and a haunting that turns out to be so much more. Death Do Us Part by JG Faherty is a thrill ride from start to finish. A complex of the lengths one will go to for love and what the dead will do for revenge. This is one of those stories that just reaches out from the pages, grabs you by the collar, and shakes and shakes until you collapse from exhaustion.
Art Stanhope has just asked his wife, Catherine, for a divorce. Next thing you know she's driving into a river ending her life, apparently by suicide. The reader knows there's more to the story, but the who and why are saved until the very end, with numerous twists along the way.
As a novella, Death Do Us Part is a quick read. The pacing is close to perfect and the overall idea is fresh and enjoyable.
Death Do Us Part is available now as an e-book from Samhain Horror.
Recommended.
JG Faherty is a life-long resident of New York's haunted Hudson Valley. He's been a finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and the ITW Thriller Award. He's the author of six novels, including his most recent, The Cure. as well as eight novellas and more than 50 short stories.
January 23, 2016
Vengeance can be nasty business, as J. G. Faherty so creatively demonstrates in his short work of weird fiction, Death Do Us Part. Catherine Stanhope has allegedly committed suicide by driving her car off a cliff. What would be a tragedy to most has mixed blessings for her husband Art. He is mostly relieved, for the vindictive and tumultuous Catherine has made his life and his son’s life miserable. He has asked for a divorce shortly before the suicide and is in love with Catherine’s sister, Missy. It appears his life with his son and Missy can proceed without the viciousness of his now deceased wife. Yet odd and violent incidents are happening in the house and Catherine appears to be reaching out from beyond the grave to enact her revenge.
Faherty’s almost a novella hits hard with a tight plot and lots of action for an approximately 80 page story. There is a mystery involved but it is a thin one. We know from the first chapter that Catherine did not commit suicide but we do not know who killed her. It isn’t really that hard to figure it out but it is Catherine’s obsessive and murderous obsession to wreak havoc on everyone she blames, which seems to be her entire family, that drives the story. There is a gypsy-like medium who helps out the bad-luck Stan and his family. Stan is maybe the weakest link. Despite his unenviable situation, there is not really enough background and development to feel all that bad for him. He seems to be a sounding board for the terrors to come. Yet it hardly matters because Catherine steals the show as the harbinger of evil whether it is as a threatening poltergeist or a murderous entity. One of the cool moves in this tale is how Catherine develops from a scary threat to a truly terrifying bringer of death. We know from the first page, Catherine is bad news and we are taken along for the ride. Faherty’s main success in this tale is the development of a growing terror that becomes stronger and more threatening to Art and his family.
In many ways, Death Do Us Part is a typical ghost story of spectral revenge. But it is how the reader stays hooked in watching the evil grow and rises up that makes it way above average. There are some interesting twists in this story mostly centering on Catherine and her evil vendetta. The shortness of the book will make this an exhilarating can't-put-down type of read for most. Faherty rarely fails to scare and entertain and this short but loaded story is no exception.
Faherty’s almost a novella hits hard with a tight plot and lots of action for an approximately 80 page story. There is a mystery involved but it is a thin one. We know from the first chapter that Catherine did not commit suicide but we do not know who killed her. It isn’t really that hard to figure it out but it is Catherine’s obsessive and murderous obsession to wreak havoc on everyone she blames, which seems to be her entire family, that drives the story. There is a gypsy-like medium who helps out the bad-luck Stan and his family. Stan is maybe the weakest link. Despite his unenviable situation, there is not really enough background and development to feel all that bad for him. He seems to be a sounding board for the terrors to come. Yet it hardly matters because Catherine steals the show as the harbinger of evil whether it is as a threatening poltergeist or a murderous entity. One of the cool moves in this tale is how Catherine develops from a scary threat to a truly terrifying bringer of death. We know from the first page, Catherine is bad news and we are taken along for the ride. Faherty’s main success in this tale is the development of a growing terror that becomes stronger and more threatening to Art and his family.
In many ways, Death Do Us Part is a typical ghost story of spectral revenge. But it is how the reader stays hooked in watching the evil grow and rises up that makes it way above average. There are some interesting twists in this story mostly centering on Catherine and her evil vendetta. The shortness of the book will make this an exhilarating can't-put-down type of read for most. Faherty rarely fails to scare and entertain and this short but loaded story is no exception.
January 5, 2016
Review from http://beneaththeunderground.com
When Catherine Stanhope plunges to her death in an apparent suicide, her husband Art feels a sense of relief as his bitter, vindictive wife can no longer drag down him and his family. Moving on from the events, Art makes a bold choice in becoming engaged to Missy, Catherine’s sister, whom he has apparently been in love with for some time. As the new family of Art, Missy, and Connor, Art and Catherine’s son, move on with their lives, the house they inhabit becomes host to a vengeful spirit, that of Catherine, as she seeks revenge. Unbeknownst to the family, Catherine’s spirit is unable to settle in final rest as her death was less than conventional.
Secrets are revealed, red herrings are thrown out, and mysteries bounce as we make our way through this brisk novella from Bram Stoker Award Finalist JG Faherty. In Faherty’s introduction, he makes reference to being inspired by Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror. Even without this point of reference, it is clear to see that Faherty is wearing his EC Comics love on his sleeve and this critic couldn’t be happier. The snappy writing technique of an EC Comics style story fits his writing absolutely perfectly and enhances his skills.
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December 29, 2015
JG Faherty is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I love the fast pace of his novellas and Death Do Us Part is no exception. I curled up with this on a dark December day and read it at one sitting. The insane first wife, who was impossible in life, is even more impossible when dead. She is hellbent on revenge and top of her hit list is her husband, her sister and her own son. As Art Stanhope discovers, it isn’t easy killing the undead, even when you enlist the help of an expert – Madame Prioleau.
Thoroughly enjoyed the fast ride this great story gave me. Excellent twist at the end was unexpected, but worked so well I finished Death Do Us Part feeling satisfied, entertained and looking forward to Mr Faherty’s next book.
Thoroughly enjoyed the fast ride this great story gave me. Excellent twist at the end was unexpected, but worked so well I finished Death Do Us Part feeling satisfied, entertained and looking forward to Mr Faherty’s next book.
December 21, 2015
Another good novella by Faherty
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November 28, 2015
Art Stanhope has got some serious problems with his loved ones! His wife, super crazy, commits suicide- or does she? Catherine comes back from the grave to exact revenge on the people who hurt her. Art, his son Connor, his girlfriend (which happens to be his dead wife’s sister), and his father must find a way to rid themselves of Catherine for good. They can only do this by having the person who really killed Catherine, kill her once again. But everyone has a reason for wanting her dead…
Okay, this book wasn’t terrible, but it just didn’t really do anything for me. There were two parts that got my pulse going a little but then just sort of fizzled with the outcome. It was all so predictable that I found it hard to really just enjoy it. The one thing going for this book, is that it is a short read.
I will say I did like the main character. Art Stanhope, he could use a little more development, but he was enjoyable as a leading character. The other characters were really just background noise. I think though Catherine could have been a great nemesis if she had been developed a little more as well. Maybe having such a short story was actually a bad idea, the synopsis is fantastic, but it just sort of didn’t make the mark.
I don’t think this is a series, but it could definitely become one. I don’t think I’ll read any type of sequel. However, as this is my first book from the author, I will attempt another one if it crosses my path.
Okay, this book wasn’t terrible, but it just didn’t really do anything for me. There were two parts that got my pulse going a little but then just sort of fizzled with the outcome. It was all so predictable that I found it hard to really just enjoy it. The one thing going for this book, is that it is a short read.
I will say I did like the main character. Art Stanhope, he could use a little more development, but he was enjoyable as a leading character. The other characters were really just background noise. I think though Catherine could have been a great nemesis if she had been developed a little more as well. Maybe having such a short story was actually a bad idea, the synopsis is fantastic, but it just sort of didn’t make the mark.
I don’t think this is a series, but it could definitely become one. I don’t think I’ll read any type of sequel. However, as this is my first book from the author, I will attempt another one if it crosses my path.
January 14, 2016
Death Do Us Part starts out like a bat out of hell and doesn’t let up until the very end. Jam packed with suspense and intrigue, the author weaves a tale that includes a “who done it”, a ghostly presence, and a host of characters who all hated the same person and were not sad to hear of her passing.
Catherine committee suicide. Or, did she? She has come back to haunt those who have hurt her and the only way to get rid of her spirit is for the original killer to kill her, again. The problem is that no one liked her and everyone was glad she was dead. Catherine must have been a complete bitch! Her widow has moved on with her sister. Even her own son disliked her enough to want her gone.
This was definitely a quick, but interesting read. It didn’t take long for me to finish it, but I did enjoy the storyline. I wouldn’t classify it as a scary horror, but more of a thriller that grabs the attention and doesn’t let go.
*Copy provided for review.
Catherine committee suicide. Or, did she? She has come back to haunt those who have hurt her and the only way to get rid of her spirit is for the original killer to kill her, again. The problem is that no one liked her and everyone was glad she was dead. Catherine must have been a complete bitch! Her widow has moved on with her sister. Even her own son disliked her enough to want her gone.
This was definitely a quick, but interesting read. It didn’t take long for me to finish it, but I did enjoy the storyline. I wouldn’t classify it as a scary horror, but more of a thriller that grabs the attention and doesn’t let go.
*Copy provided for review.
November 18, 2015
Catherine is on her way home in a state of rage to confront her husband Art. She never makes it home alive, but her rage still gets there. Strange things begin to happen, a foul odor of decay fills the house and Art must get to the truth behind Catherine's death if he ever wants to be free of her.
This was a fun, quick, and quirky read, reminiscent of the stories I read as a teen in the old horror comics.
I received an advance copy for review
This was a fun, quick, and quirky read, reminiscent of the stories I read as a teen in the old horror comics.
I received an advance copy for review
November 26, 2015
Oh my, this was so much fun to read. I remember those comics (Tales of the Crypt), and also Stephen Kings version. This was such a great fun "tongue in cheek" homage to those wonderful comics. If you want something that brings back some good memories read this novel. I received a copy of this novel from the publishers via Netgally for free in exchange for an honest review.
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