Reign
1990
First Published
3.29
Average Rating
348
Number of Pages
The story centers around a renovated theater in Pennsylvania and is arranged in three acts, plus overture and curtain call. The tension in Act I heightens as the reader must decide if this is a murder mystery, psychodrama, horror or fantasy, with the author offering clues to support each possibility. Theaters have a history of ghosts and accidents, but as the number of deaths at the Venetian mounts, the police become less inclined to accept verdicts of "accident." Owner/actor Dennis Hamilton has nothing obvious to gain from the killings, nor could he have caused them, but his strange behavior makes others wonder if he might not have a double or another personality—or something else entirely—that does want the deaths. Mystery, suspense, drama and horror combine to make this one of Williamson's finest works.
Avg Rating
3.29
Number of Ratings
28
5 STARS
7%
4 STARS
46%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
11%
1 STARS
11%
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