A fatal car crash. The sole survivor. And the dark hooded stranger that wants her dead.When a terrible accident—not accident—stole my parents’ lives, my whole perfect life changed. My memories are hazy, and there are scars on my wrists. I’ve been locked away for my own protection…until I prove my sanity, until I lie. There was no hooded figure on the road that day, no one standing over me as I … the road that day, no one standing over me as I lay paralyzed watching my parents burn.
I am Cassidy Lockheart…20-year-old orphan.
Determined to free my caged mind, I find myself far away on an unexpected trip to help return my forgotten past. The snow was part of my life before, but now it’s like a blank slate, until an avalanche changes everything. But I’m not alone. These other ‘lucky’ trip winners may not be the strangers they pretend to be. And my hooded attacker…I see him everywhere.
Is this real? Or delusion caused by head trauma?
Either way, I’m being watched. I can sense it. I can feel it. Someone is after me; maybe they’re after us all. The avalanche was no accident. It was staged to deliver us to this abandoned place. A place where the walls whisper dark secrets of a sinister past…a past no one can escape. Trapped, this snow won’t let up…it won’t let us leave. My lost memories hold clues, but they’re buried so deep, polluted and twisted in my every waking nightmare. What is real? I don’t have the answers. But I need them. Time is ticking and if I don’t figure this all out soon it will be too late.
The past is coming for us all…and it wants blood.
Warning – This book contains some graphic scenes that are only for an adult audience.
Psychological Thriller / Horror
“Think of the tension of Silence of the Lambs combined with the horror of Carrie and you have Nerve Damage. This is a psychological thriller that won’t let you put it down, yet you are almost too scared to turn the page!”
Diane Richmond (devoted bookworm) ★★★★★
This chilling tale from J.L. Myers is a suspenseful and twisted addition to other great psychological thrillers from the likes of Sarah A. Denzil, K.L. Slater, and Dot Hutchison.more
A page turner, with twists and turns you never see coming. This book was something different from what L.L. Myers usually writes. However it’s excellent, I loved this book so much and recommend you give it a try. J.L. Myers is such a great Author, she can write anything and rest assured it’s going to blow your mind. There hasn’t been a bad book of hers that I haven’t loved.
Wonderful suspense story. A real page turner. Go ahead, try to guess who it is, but your probably going to be wrong, like I was. A real suspense filled story that will entertain you throughout each page of the book until you reach the enthralling ending.
Man this book was extremely disturbing in the best of ways and no of course I was not ready. All functions outside of finishing this book ceased. This story is captivating I mean it starts and you are stuck until it ends. Nothing is what it seems as we go back and forth from the current scene to memories to the killer’s description of events as they play out. It is wonderful. The author did a marvelous job of providing just enough detail to make you stay invested as your heart breaks for the little girl and the horror she experienced. They left her so they must pay. But who is making them pay? The drama is high and my bottle is about empty so there’s nothing more to say. A simply marvelous read that will have you heart breaking and your mind reeling and in the end breaking for the little girl who is all grown up or is it another twist from this author. Nothing is what it seems. The damage is done. Now they must pay.
This is not the type of book I usually read, but I wanted a break form the normal and this sure was it. This book really grabbed me and sucked me in right from the beginning. Knowing things probably as they appeared it still took me a while to figure things out. I really enjoyed this and might have to give thrillers a try more often, especially any more written by J.L. Myers.
This book left me speechless. I would LOVE to see this book turned into a movie. Yes, it’s that good. If I could give thus book 10 stars I would.
This is not a happy story. There is no sunshine or rainbows in these pages. Nerve Damage is dark and disturbing to the extreme and there are scenes of abuse, both physical and sexual, that may be triggers to some.
That being said, I was completely consumed by this psychological thriller and could not put it down. I had an idea of where this story was going, but the author threw enough twists at me to keep me second guessing myself. Myers is quite the master at dangling carrots as she builds a tension filled tale of a nightmarish look inside a mind broken by terrors that no one should ever have to suffer.
The story does jump between past and present and in and out of the killer’s mind, sometimes rather abruptly, but as the book progresses, there is a purpose for those jumps and what may seem confusing at first, all comes together to create a chilling tale to rival the early works of King or Koontz.
For me, the evils that men do is always so much scarier than any of the things that go bump in the night. Nerve Damage shows just how terrifying and manipulative an intelligent mind can be when it’s completely shattered by unspeakable horrors. From the opening chapter to the mind-blowing ending, I was riveted. This is one that I won’t soon forget and will serve to set a high bar for future reads in the genre.
As a fan of J.L. Myers books, I knew I had to read this one too. And believe me it did not disappoint. It was a great psychological read full of twists and turns that keep you guessing. Just when I’d think I’d have it figured out, there was always a little bit of doubt lingering in the back of my mind that would make me question my suspicions. This book definitely kept me interested and invested in figuring out the mystery behind the hooded figure. Well done, J.L. Myers, well done.
The book starts out with the reader confused and at a loss for what is happening. But in a good way…It’s like we are experiencing everything almost first-hand with the main character. And the further along in the book you get, the worse things get for the characters. Things get very scary very quickly for everyone involved, and it seems like maybe nobody is going to get out alive. It’s very hard to predict what will happen next in this epic thriller by J.L. Myers. This is an amazing book.