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A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson

Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him-and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave!

Enjoy!!

Sounds creepy!

I will read this. It is only available on audio through the 4 libraries I use for ebboks and my local library doesn't have a physical copy either. So I will be waiting for an interlibrary loan to come in.

Blueberry wrote: "I will read this. It is only available on audio through the 4 libraries I use for ebboks and my local library doesn't have a physical copy either. So I will be waiting for an interlibrary loan to c..."

I couldn't find the pdf, my apologies.

Pat the Book Goblin wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "I will read this. It is only available on audio through the 4 libraries I use for ebboks and my local library doesn't have a physical copy either. So I will be waiting for an inte..."

No problem at all. Meanwhile I watched the movie last night that was based on it. It started Kevin Bacon. It was from the 90's, I think.

This is a fun, quick read. I just started tonight and I'm almost halfway through it. A faster reader could surely read it in onbe sitting.
You can definitely see how Matheson influenced Stephen King. But Matheson isn't so verbose. I think he was one of the first writers of modern horror for the time, not setting his stories in medivel castles and whatnot.

(view spoiler)[I feel ike I should have seen the ending coming but I didn't.

Some of their reactions here seem pretty weird.
"The babysitter tried to kidnap our son. Okay, guess I better drive her home now."
And Anne is freaking out about the psychic thing the whole time but barely seems to react to her mother's death. I guess you just didn't see a lot of that. Still, it just seems odd. (hide spoiler)]

Book Nerd was right. Fast captivating read. This is my third Richard Matheson book. 4 stars.

“You remain, as always,” I said, “a master of the understatement.”

Meet Richard Matheson, who turns nightmare into reality without wasting a single word.

Glad you all are enjoying it!

I did enjoy it, but it made my flesh crawl just the same!