On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father: the legendary, reclusive cult-horror film director Stanislaus Cordova--a man who hasn't been seen in public for more than thirty years.
For McGrath, another death connected to this seemingly cursed family dynasty seems more than just a coincidence. Though much has been written about Cordova's dark and unsettling films, very little is known about the man himself.
Driven by revenge, curiosity, and a need for the truth, McGrath, with the aid of two strangers, is drawn deeper and deeper into Cordova's eerie, hypnotic world. The last time he got close to exposing the director, McGrath lost his marriage and his career. This time he might lose even more.
My Rating: 3/5
I have heard nothing but positive things about this book for years and having added it to my TBR in June I finally decided to read it in October for the Spookathon reading challenge.
This book started out so well. I was captivated by the mystery, the pictures, the unique layout, the characters and then at some point I just got bored and it never recaptured my attention completely.
I definitely think that the book could have been shorter in length. This would have helped me love the book more as it just felt drawn out at times.
I loved that the story is essentially set around a fandom for an underground horror film director and the role the fansite played in helping solve the mystery.
An added mystery was the identity of the director as he liked to remain anonymous throughout his entire career. I was massively underwhelmed by how this mystery ended.
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