The Grown-Up

Author: Gillian Flynn
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Crown/Archetype, 2015
Pages: 64
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keep observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to giver her lovely life a drama injection.

However, when the psychic visits the errie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan's terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan's teenage stepson, doesn't help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it.

Review: This is an R-rated book for sexual content, but the story itself was great. The ending slayed me though. Really? That was it? Such is the life of a short story. Enjoyed it.