It’s been thirty years since the terrifying abduction of twin sisters Rebecca and Molly Underhill by a deranged man who lived in a cabin behind their house in upstate New York. Fearful of retribution against their family, the girls kept the incident secret.
Rebecca, now a painter and art teacher, and alone since Molly died of cancer, suddenly begins getting strange and anonymous text … messages—the first with just her name. Is Molly trying to communicate with her? Not possible, thinks Rebecca, who’s never believed in God or an afterlife.
And it couldn’t be their attacker from so many years ago; he was imprisoned for a similar crime at about that same time. Surely he’d still be in jail or dead by now—wouldn’t he?
But things get stranger. Rebecca’s art student Francis, an autistic savant, gives her a series of paintings he’s done. Rebecca, with increasing dread, realizes the sequence of scenes depicted in the paintings match the nightmares she’s had every night since the horrific ordeal three decades earlier. How could Franny know? Is it a ghostly warning of some kind?
Unnerved, Rebecca spills the whole frightening account of the abduction to her ex-husband and friend, Michael, who, dismayed by the story, vows to help sort out the mysterious texts and disturbing series of paintings.
What happens next is a frightening rollercoaster ride that builds up to a soul-shattering climax that will leave the reader checking the locks on their doors and windows…
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Wow
This book had me thinking I knew how it would end and where it was going to go, man was I wrong. This is not what I normally read, but I’m so glad I did. Check it out, you won’t regret it. i was in tears by the end. #HappyReading
The Remains
by Vincent Zandri
This was certainly a suspenseful thriller! Twins abducted as children but escaped from him and never told anyone. The guy went to prison for another crime for 30 years. Those 30 years are up and he is out!
A savant is drawing pictures of her past and her nightmares with warnings written in the paintings! I really …
I was hooked from beginning to end!
This one was alright. The author some serious plot holes, IMO. Not bad but not my first or even third choice for a summer read.
Interesting characters and story. Some parts a little far fetched and disconnected but it was an enjoyable fast read.
The Remains is hard for me to describe, as it doesn’t neatly fit into the pigeonhole of one particular genre. It has a ‘love’ theme,told (in the first person), by the surviving sister of twins, of how the peculiar link between them survives trauma and even death, due to the power and love intensely felt in their unique relationship. Then there are …
Creepy!
This bad guy is so creepy! The good guys were such great characters, easy to like
and fun to read.
Scary book for an afternoon readin.
Excellent read.
Story drew on too lonh
Through most of the book the main character thinks a murderer/ rapist is stalking her but she doesn’t do anything to protect herself. She doesn’t move or check onto a hotel or get a weapon or learn self- defense. A victim all day long.
Read on a 2.5 hour flight. Kept me interested.
The story had possibilities but the writer doesn’t know oil painting so it messed the story line up, to bad because it was a great story.