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4.5 stars. I'll say one thing for Blake Crouch, he has an amazing imagination. OK I'll say two things, he can write a ripping yarn, usually with lots of murder and mayhem. Abandon was no exception. In 1893 the entire town's population disappeared on Christmas Day and no trace of them, not a single bone, has ever been found. They just walked out of their homes and vanished.

Fast forward to 2009 and a bunch of disparate people trek to Abandon to chase ghosts and maybe write a story about the mysterious town. It doesn't take long for baddies to appear with very ulterior motives and for terrible things to happen to our happy little group. They have no idea what's going on and they're not so happy any more. The place is brutal, the climate is brutal and the baddies are very, very brutal. And they just keep on coming like in the best horror movie tradition. It's nail biting stuff.

Yet when it was all finished I couldn't get over what happened to poor Lana Hartman back in 1893, and no, I'm not telling but it really gutted me. You do find out what happened to the poor souls of Abandon in 1893 and what a tragic tale it is. I hope that all whets your appetite for this addictive and creepy book.