Scryer

by Linda Crockett Gray

Renee Calleo, a girl who can see into the future but who cannot alter what is to come, discovers that members of a bizarre cult want to kill her and other people with psychic powers in order to transfer those abilities to themselves

Genres: Horror

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1987

About the author

Linda Crockett (born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), is an American author and teacher, best known for her horror, romance, and psychological thrillers. Linda Crockett published over a dozen books which were translated into as many languages, under the pen names Linda Crockett, Linda Crockett Gray, Linda C. Gray, and Christina Crockett. First published by Playboy Paperbacks in 1979, Linda went on to write four Harlequin "Super-romances", making history by introducing the first disabled leading man ever to appear in a Harlequin romance novel.

Due to injuries from a car accident in 1990, Linda was unable to continue consistently writing until she recovered. She is currently a teacher of Critical Thinking in one of the oldest high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida.
-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Oliver Clarke · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finished this, but more through sheer determination than because I was enjoying it. I’m not really sure if it was good or bad, but suspect it was the latter as despite all 340 pages I have no idea what it was about. Sometimes a bit of ambiguity in a book is a good thing, but here it was just down to muddy writing. Lots of characters (some good, some bad, some psychic (although I’m not 100% sure which ones)) run around in some kind of chase for something or other. There’s some violence and quite a lot of sex and a mid-80s selfish bigotry to it all that turned me off as much as the bad writing. All very ho hum and not really worthy of anyone’s time I’m afraid.

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rounded up just because the writing was professional. Otherwise, a horribly muddled reading experience. No horror, no mystery, just a psychic connection meet-cute that wanders the French Quarter. Blah.

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why? What? Who did that? What the --are all these characters after? Tell me again why I thought this would be good? Wrong. Not certain what exactly is happening here.

[Travis Ford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the book is really good and interesting. Mirrors...