Spookshow 1: The Spookshow

Tim McGregor

Dec 2014 · Spookshow Book 1 ·

About this ebook

When her dormant psychic abilities are awakened by a near-death experience, a young woman discovers, to her horror, that she can now see the dead. Terror turns to chaos when the ghosts begin stalking her and the paranormal bleeds into every aspect of her life.

THE SPOOKSHOW is a macabre, fast-paced paranormal romance series about how the supernatural disrupts one woman's fate. Billie Culpepper fears that she's drifting through her own life when her latent psychic ability is suddenly awakened. But the dead can also see her, and they demand to be heard. As Billie struggles to adapt, dark secrets about her past threaten not only her own future, but that of her friends as well. Complicating matters is the homicide detective who becomes protective of her after nearly killing her while pursuing a dangerous suspect. Billie finds herself drawn to him but keeps her distance when she learns he's involved with someone else. Imagine, if you will, the eerie world of American Horror Story descending on the characters from Girls.

The Spookshow is the first in the occult, dark fantasy Spookshow series. If you like the creepy, ghostly worlds of Bella Forest, Patricia Briggs, and C. J. Archer. 

The series so far...

1. The Spookshow

2. Welcome to the Spookshow

3. The Women in the walls

4. Bringing up the bodies

5. Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls

6. A Haunting in Crown Point

7. Cordelia

8. Sisters of Mercy

9. The Boy in the Woods

10. Midwinter

11. Spiritualist & Medium

 

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Ratings and reviews

3 stars. Glad I got it for free because I didn't realize it was only a brief novella when I uploaded it. Compared to what to me was the extremely!!! enjoyable 'Bad Wolf' series, 'Spookshow' is a tame story with zero horror or real intrigue. The plot is so obvious I'm not even sure my eyes read every page fully but then again, I doubt I missed anything. I am going to do my research before moving on - it was good enough to continue but only just - but if this is just a mish-mash of short stories featuring a bunch of post-adolescent girls, well then, no I won't. Shame really as again the Werewolf Trilogy really pushed all the right buttons. This just read like the script of the latest post-music video era MTV show.

Never really liked reading this genre before 'cause I tend to give a lot of eyerolls; but this one got my heart racing! I don't know if it's because I read it during a benign night shift or it really is that good. Anyway, I'd recommend this quick read to you who's reading the reviews for this book. I just don't like reading the 1st books of a series 'cause I might get hook and I'm stingy, but I'm considering getting the other books as well.

I enjoyed this story very much, I couldn't put it down and ended up reading until the wee hours of the morning. The plot is straightforward, but done well enough that it doesn't feel cliché. There are some points in the book that the descriptions and other parts of Mockler and Billie's interactions feels weird, like you're missing information. Fortunately, I only found one or two of those moments in the whole story. Definitely worth the read if you like a paranormal thriller.

About the author

Tim McGregor is the author of WASPS IN THE ICE CREAM, TABOO IN FOUR COLORS, LURE, HEARTS STRANGE AND DREADFUL, and the SPOOKSHOW series. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children. More info at timmcgregorauthor.com