Locked in Time

I've no idea why, but this book terrified me so badly as a child that I hid it behind my parents bookcase. I can't remember anything that scary about it, but I was literally afraid of the book itself. I also thought for a while that the ghost of Abe Lincoln lived in my closet. I don't think a particu......more

"I'm a reasonable person;I don't believe in ghosts. What I have learned to believe in, though, is something far more frightening." Locked in Time by Lois Duncan One of Duncan's best. She crafts an incredible mystery using a wonderful premise combining a Historical element with the here and now and it i......more

Plot: Nore Robbins spends the summer in down south Louisiana in order to get acquainted with her new step-family. She's a bit bitter that her father decided to remarry so soon after her mother's death, but tries to approach her step-mom and step-siblings with an open mind. Step-mom is a beautiful wom......more

So I've talked about my Joan Lowery Nixon phase before. I actually think I discovered Lois Duncan right before Nixon, but the two will always go hand and hand in my mind. Together they perfectly satisfied my twelve-year-old thirst for a light blending of suspense and the macabre. And no Duncan book......more

Lois Duncan is good with building atmosphere, both environmental and emotional. The story was set in Louisiana and the descriptions of the surroundings and even the weather were very well done. Duncan also created a very creepy feeling from the very beginning, but I found the foreshadowing to be a b......more