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In a Crooked Little House
A serial killer stalking Huntington Prep, who refers to himself as "Iggy-Boy," has selected his next, unsuspecting victim--Casey
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1994
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A.G. Cascone
27 books23 followersThe team of Annette Cascone and Gina Cascone, sisters.
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January 8, 2026
The writing team of sisters Annette and Gina Cascone have a way of weaving a story full of intrigue and suspense, horror and traumatic backstory.
In A Crooked House takes place at Huntington Prep which has only been a co-ed school for about a decade. Needless to say, the male students and teachers know how to throw their money and authority around making it harder for those who are of the female gender and scholarship students.
Someone is not too thrilled by this when one of those being harassed happens to be a girl named Casey McCabe. He goes by the nickname "Iggy-Boy", and he has been making others pay for a long time at Huntington Prep. They look like accidents, but they are staged killings which he photographs and pastes upon the walls to enjoy his handiwork.
We get perspectives of different male characters besides those of Casey as a way to mislead just which one of them is actually Iggy-Boy. There's rich boy Trevor who has his daddy pay for everything, Slater who is into photography and happens to be a Laurence, the influential family who has provided Huntington Prep money to have the name plastered about campus.
There's also Chip Cimino, whom Casey has known for a long time. He's on a scholarship at the school but pretends he comes from money like everyone else hiding the fact that his father is a drunk and he's poor as a church mouse. There is also the janitor named Jake who is in charge of cleaning one of the male dorms and he has been at the school a long time to tell which boys are jerks.
He also has a problem with holding his liquor and has a habit of talking to himself. No one gives him any respect except for Casey McCabe and Slater Laurence who he refers to as Sunshine and Sammy respectively.
When the most hated teacher, Mr. Spegman, apparently has a fatal fall he is soon replaced in his class and as housemaster by younger teacher, Michael Gilliard. All of the female students and faculty are hot for teacher, but he isn't as impressive to the male students.
All of the male characters are insinuated to be Iggy-Boy by various clues until we get closer to the end of the book. The climatic reveal is shocking to say the least and the deaths presented are more tell and less show but the reasoning behind the madness of Iggy-Boy is very sad.
Despite the dark tone, there are moments which made me smile and the relationships of the characters were handled nicely. Slater actually turns out to be my favorite because he has a full nuclear family of parents who are alive and not burdened by being jerks or having painful backstories. He also happens to have an older brother and a sister-in-law whom he gets along with and learns he is going to be an uncle soon.
Casey as the main female character is also a nice girl who can handle herself when she needs to, but she isn't perfect and towards the end it doesn't really become a story about her anymore. College co-ed gets stalked by an obsessive psycho plots are a dime a dozen but In a Crooked Little House is more about why the villain is the villain.
Good girl just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and discovered by the wrong, twisted man.
In A Crooked House takes place at Huntington Prep which has only been a co-ed school for about a decade. Needless to say, the male students and teachers know how to throw their money and authority around making it harder for those who are of the female gender and scholarship students.
Someone is not too thrilled by this when one of those being harassed happens to be a girl named Casey McCabe. He goes by the nickname "Iggy-Boy", and he has been making others pay for a long time at Huntington Prep. They look like accidents, but they are staged killings which he photographs and pastes upon the walls to enjoy his handiwork.
We get perspectives of different male characters besides those of Casey as a way to mislead just which one of them is actually Iggy-Boy. There's rich boy Trevor who has his daddy pay for everything, Slater who is into photography and happens to be a Laurence, the influential family who has provided Huntington Prep money to have the name plastered about campus.
There's also Chip Cimino, whom Casey has known for a long time. He's on a scholarship at the school but pretends he comes from money like everyone else hiding the fact that his father is a drunk and he's poor as a church mouse. There is also the janitor named Jake who is in charge of cleaning one of the male dorms and he has been at the school a long time to tell which boys are jerks.
He also has a problem with holding his liquor and has a habit of talking to himself. No one gives him any respect except for Casey McCabe and Slater Laurence who he refers to as Sunshine and Sammy respectively.
When the most hated teacher, Mr. Spegman, apparently has a fatal fall he is soon replaced in his class and as housemaster by younger teacher, Michael Gilliard. All of the female students and faculty are hot for teacher, but he isn't as impressive to the male students.
All of the male characters are insinuated to be Iggy-Boy by various clues until we get closer to the end of the book. The climatic reveal is shocking to say the least and the deaths presented are more tell and less show but the reasoning behind the madness of Iggy-Boy is very sad.
Despite the dark tone, there are moments which made me smile and the relationships of the characters were handled nicely. Slater actually turns out to be my favorite because he has a full nuclear family of parents who are alive and not burdened by being jerks or having painful backstories. He also happens to have an older brother and a sister-in-law whom he gets along with and learns he is going to be an uncle soon.
Casey as the main female character is also a nice girl who can handle herself when she needs to, but she isn't perfect and towards the end it doesn't really become a story about her anymore. College co-ed gets stalked by an obsessive psycho plots are a dime a dozen but In a Crooked Little House is more about why the villain is the villain.
Good girl just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and discovered by the wrong, twisted man.
July 11, 2010
This book was about a girl being stalked by a guy....A classic guess who the freak is sort of thing....I didnt like it. I dont think Coale will either so you can find it on the book table at my garage sale for 50 cents!
May 3, 2024
Well this book was average at best. The book takes place at Huntington Prep where we follow Casey, well mostly. We also follow Jake the maintenance man and Iggy-Boy, the killer. Throughout the book the killer is obsessed with Casey and is constantly taking pictures of her. And when people cross her they die. Idk this book was a jumbled mess and to be honest not even 100% who the killer was. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
February 17, 2023
Les personnages ont deux noms et de multiples personnalités, fait que l'histoire devient rapidement confuse et la conclusion est particulièrement malhonnête et floue. Deux étoiles pour l'humour involontaire.
June 27, 2018
One of my favorite books. I haven’t read it in years and I need to find it to read it again
October 1, 2024
I read this when I was a teenager and recently found it so I thought I'd see if it still held up. It was entertaining enough at 3 stars.
September 8, 2016
Satisfaction
In the truest and most honest sense, right around chapter 33, I could tell that I had been hoodwinked. This book SEEMS predictable, but somehow the pieces don't quite fit together. Yet near the end - everything makes sense and you are satisfied.
Five stars all around!
Intensity
At first, I thought this book would be a lot more graphic than it actually was. It's mild for a thriller, and I couldn't be happier.
Context
This story has an almost timeless sense to it. It could be happening twenty years ago, or thirty, or in ten more years, it goes on. The setting is phenomenal, and you have a clear visual with no aid from the author. You create the scenes all on your own with no strict guide lines to follow.
Characterization
SPEC-TACK-YOO-LAR
If I could pick out characters in literature that seem so real you feel like you could call them on the phone - most characters in this book would be in my contacts.
In the truest and most honest sense, right around chapter 33, I could tell that I had been hoodwinked. This book SEEMS predictable, but somehow the pieces don't quite fit together. Yet near the end - everything makes sense and you are satisfied.
Five stars all around!
Intensity
At first, I thought this book would be a lot more graphic than it actually was. It's mild for a thriller, and I couldn't be happier.
Context
This story has an almost timeless sense to it. It could be happening twenty years ago, or thirty, or in ten more years, it goes on. The setting is phenomenal, and you have a clear visual with no aid from the author. You create the scenes all on your own with no strict guide lines to follow.
Characterization
SPEC-TACK-YOO-LAR
If I could pick out characters in literature that seem so real you feel like you could call them on the phone - most characters in this book would be in my contacts.
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