The Husband
“The hairless hands, white as doves, groom each other in the dim glow of the half-taped flashlight.
The gentle voice regales her: “In El Valle, New Mexico, there is a graveyard where the grass is seldom cut. Some graves have stones, and some do not.”
Holly has finished the chocolate. She feels half sick. Her mouth tastes like blood. She uses Pepsi as a mouthwash.
“A few graves without headstones are surrounded by small picket fences crafted from the slats of old fruit and vegetable crates.”
All ...this is leading somewhere, but his thoughts proceed along neural pathways that can be anticipated only by a mind as bent as his.
“Loved ones paint the pickets in pastels—robin’s-egg blue, pale green, the yellow of faded sunflowers.”
In spite of the sharp enigmas underlying their soft color, his eyes repel her less, right now, than do his hands.
“Under a quarter moon, hours after a new grave was closed, we did some spade work and opened the wooden casket of a child.”
“The yellow of faded sunflowers,”MoreLess
The gentle voice regales her: “In El Valle, New Mexico, there is a graveyard where the grass is seldom cut. Some graves have stones, and some do not.”
Holly has finished the chocolate. She feels half sick. Her mouth tastes like blood. She uses Pepsi as a mouthwash.
“A few graves without headstones are surrounded by small picket fences crafted from the slats of old fruit and vegetable crates.”
All ...this is leading somewhere, but his thoughts proceed along neural pathways that can be anticipated only by a mind as bent as his.
“Loved ones paint the pickets in pastels—robin’s-egg blue, pale green, the yellow of faded sunflowers.”
In spite of the sharp enigmas underlying their soft color, his eyes repel her less, right now, than do his hands.
“Under a quarter moon, hours after a new grave was closed, we did some spade work and opened the wooden casket of a child.”
“The yellow of faded sunflowers,”MoreLess
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Dean Koontz is one of my favorite writers and this is another excellent novel, from start to finish no disappointment whatsoever!Write Review:
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