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The Man In Number 7: Where Death Comes to Collect
A century-old house holds 7 apartments and 7 dark secrets. The newest tenant is running from her past and a serial killer. Can she survive them both?
Apolline Dubois, a young mother trying to flee her past, finds herself haunted in the halls of a Gothic mansion. The building's macabre history, however, is not yet fully written. Murderous intent still lives here, lying in wait and secreted away with the man in number 7. On the run from her past, her crimes, and her vengeful brother-in-law, a young mother seeks safety in the shadows.
Award-winning author Sherry Briscoe has taken the darkness from her childhood and weaved it into a fictional story. The setting is the apartment house she and her mother moved into after they fled her abusive alcoholic step-father. The house on the corner of 5th and Myrtle stood for 122 years before being demolished in 2015, Murray’s restaurant is gone, but the four Basque row houses still stand today. In the words of philosopher and writer Albert Camus, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
The Man In Number 7 is full of thrilling suspense with a touch of the supernatural. Buy The Man In Number 7 to see who will be the last person standing.
Apolline Dubois, a young mother trying to flee her past, finds herself haunted in the halls of a Gothic mansion. The building's macabre history, however, is not yet fully written. Murderous intent still lives here, lying in wait and secreted away with the man in number 7. On the run from her past, her crimes, and her vengeful brother-in-law, a young mother seeks safety in the shadows.
Award-winning author Sherry Briscoe has taken the darkness from her childhood and weaved it into a fictional story. The setting is the apartment house she and her mother moved into after they fled her abusive alcoholic step-father. The house on the corner of 5th and Myrtle stood for 122 years before being demolished in 2015, Murray’s restaurant is gone, but the four Basque row houses still stand today. In the words of philosopher and writer Albert Camus, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
The Man In Number 7 is full of thrilling suspense with a touch of the supernatural. Buy The Man In Number 7 to see who will be the last person standing.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2019
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Sherry Briscoe
26 books24 followersAuthor of suspense with a touch of the paranormal. Follow Sherry on Bookbub at https://www.bookbub.com/profile/sherr...
A native Idahoan with Cherokee heritage, Sherry Briscoe writes suspense mysteries with a flavor of the paranormal. Her childhood heroes were Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe, and she insists that episodes of The Twilight Zone made perfectly fine bedtime stories.
With degrees in Journalism, Photography, and Adult Education, Sherry covers all her passions of creativity and teaching others. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, who keeps her stocked in chai tea lattes and lemon drop martinis, and her Burmese cat, who shares her popcorn, pizzas and even an occasional beer. Sherry is a world traveler, US Army Veteran, and active member of her writing community.
A native Idahoan with Cherokee heritage, Sherry Briscoe writes suspense mysteries with a flavor of the paranormal. Her childhood heroes were Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe, and she insists that episodes of The Twilight Zone made perfectly fine bedtime stories.
With degrees in Journalism, Photography, and Adult Education, Sherry covers all her passions of creativity and teaching others. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, who keeps her stocked in chai tea lattes and lemon drop martinis, and her Burmese cat, who shares her popcorn, pizzas and even an occasional beer. Sherry is a world traveler, US Army Veteran, and active member of her writing community.
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February 3, 2022
This was a quick read, largely because it doesn't have much depth. There are hardly any descriptions, the plot was convenient, and the characters weren't believable.
The author claims Cajun and Cherokee heritage, but is also a self-described Idaho native who has never lived on a reservation or in New Orleans; the attempted representation of a New Orleans accent just didn't ring true, especially after researching audio examples. The MC is apparently from New Orleans, but the extent of her French is apparently "cher" and "oui." Cajun French and Standard French are, according to Google, mutually intelligible, but the author makes a point to have a character from Paris speak French to the MC just so she can say she can't understand him because "Cajun" and "pure French," as she distinguishes them, are "so different."
There is an anachronism with a Latinx character -- his family was supposedly involved in the Cartel in Colombia, but the novel takes place in 1961, and the Cartel wasn't in Colombia then. It's also misspelled as "Columbia."
Everyone lives happily ever after because a kid can talk to ghosts. One of the characters is able to see visions after touching objects because it was convenient to the plot.
There were multiple points of view, and it didn't add to the narrative at all. I wasn't able to suspend my disbelief for a single character. We don't get any details about how one character is supposedly responsible for child murder, which makes me think the ghost changed halfway through the novel, and then wasn't edited for consistency. The hooker is used and murdered by a rapist for the sole purpose of getting rid of the Latinx character (for no real reason) (reading this, I realize the correlation doesn't make sense, and honestly, it didn't make sense while reading either). The mother and daughter have a perfect bond and never deal with even the slightest conflict. Etc.
I didn't DNF this because it was quick, but I wouldn't read it again, or recommend it to anyone.
The author claims Cajun and Cherokee heritage, but is also a self-described Idaho native who has never lived on a reservation or in New Orleans; the attempted representation of a New Orleans accent just didn't ring true, especially after researching audio examples. The MC is apparently from New Orleans, but the extent of her French is apparently "cher" and "oui." Cajun French and Standard French are, according to Google, mutually intelligible, but the author makes a point to have a character from Paris speak French to the MC just so she can say she can't understand him because "Cajun" and "pure French," as she distinguishes them, are "so different."
There is an anachronism with a Latinx character -- his family was supposedly involved in the Cartel in Colombia, but the novel takes place in 1961, and the Cartel wasn't in Colombia then. It's also misspelled as "Columbia."
Everyone lives happily ever after because a kid can talk to ghosts. One of the characters is able to see visions after touching objects because it was convenient to the plot.
There were multiple points of view, and it didn't add to the narrative at all. I wasn't able to suspend my disbelief for a single character. We don't get any details about how one character is supposedly responsible for child murder, which makes me think the ghost changed halfway through the novel, and then wasn't edited for consistency. The hooker is used and murdered by a rapist for the sole purpose of getting rid of the Latinx character (for no real reason) (reading this, I realize the correlation doesn't make sense, and honestly, it didn't make sense while reading either). The mother and daughter have a perfect bond and never deal with even the slightest conflict. Etc.
I didn't DNF this because it was quick, but I wouldn't read it again, or recommend it to anyone.
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April 4, 2025
It feels as though this book had okay ideas go into it, but hardly any follow through. The descriptions were surface level, there wasn’t depth of character, and the story felt almost too convenient in all aspects.
Also, Colombia is the country where one of the characters is from. In the book it is spelled “Columbia”, and I found a few other grammatical errors.
I wanted a lot more out of this book than was delivered.
Also, Colombia is the country where one of the characters is from. In the book it is spelled “Columbia”, and I found a few other grammatical errors.
I wanted a lot more out of this book than was delivered.
August 13, 2023
It was ok
I thought the story was good, but not what I expected. They didn't even get to the man in number 7 until the book was almost over. There were things unanswered and a bunch of randomness that didn't really do anything for the story. I am happy with the way it ended, but was expecting a lot more of a ghost story.
I thought the story was good, but not what I expected. They didn't even get to the man in number 7 until the book was almost over. There were things unanswered and a bunch of randomness that didn't really do anything for the story. I am happy with the way it ended, but was expecting a lot more of a ghost story.
July 3, 2023
The Man in Number 7…
I liked the main character. I would have liked more detail and backgrounds on the other characters. Such as Carlos and Mrs. McLaughlin. I feel that would have tied the plot together more. However, I did enjoy this book and would recommend for a quick read.
I liked the main character. I would have liked more detail and backgrounds on the other characters. Such as Carlos and Mrs. McLaughlin. I feel that would have tied the plot together more. However, I did enjoy this book and would recommend for a quick read.
January 13, 2024
Just awful. It wasn’t until halfway through the book that they even get to the apartment. And it wasn’t until the eves that you start getting hints about the ghost. The last few chapters you get to meet the ghost. Very disappointing.
April 13, 2020
Good Read
Good read, kept you wanting to read the next page and chapter. Since I live in Boise area the book kept me very interested. Good story line
Good read, kept you wanting to read the next page and chapter. Since I live in Boise area the book kept me very interested. Good story line
January 11, 2021
I really wanted to like this book but the ending left a lot to be desired.
April 6, 2021
Great story. Good read.
I enjoyed reading The Man in Number 7. It started quickly was easy to read and moved at a nice pace. Very good. Thanks.
I enjoyed reading The Man in Number 7. It started quickly was easy to read and moved at a nice pace. Very good. Thanks.
March 8, 2023
Definitely has a lot of potential. I would’ve liked it to be a little longer with more detail, but still was enjoyable. Based in 1960s Boise, which was interesting. Local author.
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