Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting

New York Times bestselling author Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H. Chizmar, critically acclaimed author of Them (hailed by New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman as “one of the best debuts I’ve ever read”) present a riveting found footage narrative about doomed thrill-seekers trapped in a haunted lighthouse.
“This is a bad place. I don’t think people are meant to live here.”
Longtime residents of Harper’s Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow’s Point Lighthouse. Some say it’s cursed. Others claim it’s haunted.
Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse’s construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades that followed, nearly two dozen additional deaths occurred in or around the lighthouse including cold-blooded murder, suicide, unexplained accidents and disappearances, the slaughter of an entire family, and the inexplicable death of a Hollywood starlet who was filming a movie on the grounds.
The lighthouse was finally shuttered tight in 1988 and a security fence was erected around the property. No one has been inside since.
Until now.
Told across two harrowing incidents from 2017 and today, those who enter the Widow’s Point Lighthouse, searching for material for the next big thing, will find themselves cut off from the outside world. And although no one has recently stepped foot inside the structure, they will not be alone.
In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team, Richard and W.H. Chizmar combine forces to tell a terrifying ghost story that will make you think twice about what is waiting for you in the dark.
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Community Reviews
I really enjoyed the premise, set up, and first portion of this novel but as the story progressed it started to lose momentum and tank for me.
An evil haunted lighthouse and a town that wants to keep it hidden was so interesting and I loved the start of the novel that went into the lighthouse’s past and all its victims. But once the viral social media ghost hunter group came the story started to drag and the ending was very abrupt due to the erratic pacing.
I really wanted to know why this Lighthouse was so evil, what was really haunting it, what happened to those that disappeared or died there! But we really don’t get any closure with this ending and I found it very unsatisfying.
I honestly don’t know if I’d recommend this one because it was so disappointing. The set up, the setting, the characters, the plot, it was all so great in the beginning and then I have no idea what happened other then it all just fell apart. Maybe two authors isn’t always a good thing…..
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