Maggie and I listened through the last few hours of this audiobook together, completely immersed in captivating reading by John Slattery. Maggie actually read the book last month, but couldn't resist listening to the end again with me. It's Stephen King at his best, maybe not so scary, but with characters portrayed so lively it makes you believe they're real, so much so that you want to take Edgar and Wireman, the main and most likable characters, out for beers and chat.
Edgar is a construction guy who lost an arm in an accident he barely survived. He comes to Duma Key to recover and discovers his uncanny gift for painting. But his paintings can alter real life. Soon he find himself fighting a force which destroyed his elderly landlady's family almost 80 years ago and is coming to life again, threatening Edgar's own family.
This lame description of the plot doesn't do justice to the book. We equally enjoyed the suspense and drama in Edgar's struggle to pull his life together after his accident as we did the thriller ending and face-off of good and evil. Aside from the supernatural elements, King's "Duma Key" is written on the level of Richard Russo's best works.
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