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Post by andydecker on Jun 10, 2020 9:57:30 GMT
Michael McDowell – Katie (Avon Books, 1982, 295 p.) KATIE KILLED FOR KICKS AND CASH
Ever so nimble at bashing heads with her little hammer, Katie Slapes was her parents' joy and certain fortune. As the cellar filled with corpses, the family coffers filled with cash.
Pretty young Philo Drax didn't have a family any more. Katie had finished off her grandmother and her mother, and promised to put Philo out of her misery very soon now.
It was a hard, cruel world for an innocent girl alone, but Philo was glad to be alive, and eager to continue so. She had prospects of a romantic marriage to sustain her through her trials. While Katie, poor creature, had only her cunning … and her hammer.
DON'T EVER TURN YOUR BACK ON KATIE!Like Gilded Needles this is a historic crime novel without supernatural elements. The story is happening in 1871. It is reminiscend of Robert Bloch's American Gothic. It often reads like a black comedy. Both murderous Katie and too pure to be true Philo are a bit of caricatures. |
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