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From its explosive opening to its eerie climax, The Homecoming is a page-turning, labyrinthine thrill ride that returns to Niceville . . . where evil lives far longer than men do.
When two plane crashes set off a spellbinding chain reaction of murder, inadvertent kidnapping, corporate corruption, and financial double-dealing, it’s not enough that Niceville detective Nick Kavanaugh (ex–Special Forces) has to investigate. He and his wife, family lawyer Kate, have also just taken in brutally orphaned Rainey Teague. Something bothers Nick about Rainey—and it isn’t just that the woman in charge of attendance at Rainey’s prep school has disappeared. In fact, people have long been disappearing from seemingly placid Niceville, including, most disturbingly, Kate’s father. Using his files, Kate and Nick start to unearth Niceville’s blood stained history, but something (or is it Nothing?) stands in their way.
Once again, Carsten Stroud gives us unforgettable characters, including Coker, the steely, amoral police sniper, and Harvill Endicott, an urbanely manipulative psychopath, not to mention Warren Smoles, the most conniving lawyer you will ever meet. Stroud’s unique storytelling gifts bring us into a world where protecting your family from the unknown becomes almost impossible but essential for survival.
Anything is possible in The Homecoming.
- Sales Rank: #271086 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-07-16
- Released on: 2013-07-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Attorney Kate Kavanaugh and her husband, Nick, a cop, decide to take in Rainey Teague. Rainey had been missing for over a year, until he was found in a crypt. His parents committed suicide shortly thereafter, and the troubled young man needs a home. All of this relates somehow to a magic mirror that harkens back to some nightmarish history. Kate’s brother-in-law is terrorizing his family, and her sister, Beth, finally leaves him, taking their kids and moving in with Kate and Nick, too. Meanwhile, Beth’s husband has been implicated in a bank robbery during which several police officers have been killed, but while being transported, he escapes. Then there’s the group of Chinese spies who have died in a plane crash. All these complications are nothing, though, compared to the paranormal, creepy things going on in this small, southern town. All the characters are quirky and well developed, and the violence is integral to the story. The second book in the Niceville trilogy is a genre-bending, page-turning, suspenseful read that is impossible to put down or to forget. --Stacy Alesi
Review
“NICEVILLE and THE HOMECOMING, by Carsten Stroud: crazy-good supernatural/crime/horror epic. Blew me away. Really one novel. You’ve never read anything like it. Faulkner crossed with Steve King.”
--Stephen King
“An addictive small-town terror symphony masquerading as a beach read.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Holds up against anything Hollywood can offer for summer entertainment. . . . Stroud works with the precision of a watchmaker.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Classic southern noir crossed with a bit of Dean Koontz. . . . Simply terrific.” —The Globe and Mail (Canada)
“A genre-bending, page-turning, suspenseful read that is impossible to put down or to forget.” —Booklist
“Balances suspense and humor. . . . Shows off [Stroud’s] love for the American South and its difficult progress through history.” —The Free Lance-Star
“A fun, strange, thrilling ride. . . . The dialogue sings, the action [is] fueled by careful character development (and vice versa), and there is the un-simple pleasure of superb storytelling.” —Bookgasm
“A rich, realistic supernatural thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
“The place where noir, thriller, and paranormal fiction intersect.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Stroud’s tight plotting and colorful characters bounce between hard-boiled crime drama and suspenseful, creepy supernatural thriller. . . . The Homecoming is a breathless read with endless surprises and the solid writing of an author firmly in control of his craft.” —Shelf Awareness
Further praise for the Niceville series
"[Stroud] offers surprises, shocks, moments of lyricism, explosions of humor and unrelenting suspense. . . Superior storytelling.”—The Washington Post
“The last time I was so swiftly taken over by a work of fiction was probably when I read A Game of Thrones. Carsten Stroud’s wonderful Niceville isn’t really much like George R. R. Martin's fantasy novel, apart from being equally hard-boiled and engrossing, but it rockets around its deceptively staid Southern town, pulling bad guys and worse guys and long-ago misdeeds into a widening and unfolding tale about every kind of wickedness.” —Peter Straub
“Think Stephen King crossed with Mickey Spillane.” —Open Letters Monthly
About the Author
Carsten Stroud is the author of the New York Times bestselling true crime account Close Pursuit. His other novels include Niceville, Sniper’s Moon, Lizard Skin, Black Water Transit, Cuba Strait, and Cobraville. He lives in Destin, Florida.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Starts Where NICEVILLE Left Off; Explains Some Mysteries While Opening Up More Horrific Ones
By Lynne E.
The Niceville Trilogy (at the time of this review, the third book is still to come) tells a highly unusual mystery/thriller/supernatural fantasy story--and has a lot of humor thrown in. I am simply in awe of Carsten Stroud's writing and storytelling skills, that he's able to pull this complicated thing off.
THE HOMECOMING starts right where NICEVILLE left off, immediately after Morgan Littlebasket's flight to Talullah's Wall. The book is definitely NOT a standalone, so readers new to the trilogy should start with NICEVILLE--which lays the groundwork for THE HOMECOMING's supernatural happenings across time, and for the further developments regarding the evil that dwells in Crater Sink. In THE HOMECOMING, Stroud does a superb job of weaving in plot reminders from NICEVILLE, so that readers who have read the first book won't have to go back and consult it.
THE HOMECOMING is mostly about Rainey, the orphaned "Crypt Kid"; and Byron Deitz, the abusive husband and father who is married to the sister of CID Detective Nick Kavanaugh's wife Kate. Throughout the novel, Nick carries on with the investigation of the First Third bank job in Gracie, which left four cops and two news reporters dead from a sniper's bullets. Kate's family connection to Glynis Ruelle's mirror and work farm is explained. And the thing that the Cherokees knew as the "Eater of Souls" becomes even stronger than before, posing a threat to Nick and Kate that will no doubt be explored in the third and final book.
THE HOMECOMING tells a much darker story than NICEVILLE (if you can imagine that). However, I loved this second book almost as much as I loved the first one. The Niceville Trilogy recounts a complex, chilling story, with many interwoven, unexpected plot threads that are beautifully handled. Naturally the reader is left with unresolved mysteries at the end of THE HOMECOMING. I can hardly wait to read the final book in this amazing trilogy.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Mix Paranormal, Thriller, Mystery and Stir--it Works when Done by Stroud
By Jacqui Murray
Carsten Stroud's "The Homecoming" (Knopf 2013) is the second in the "Niceville" trilogy. It picks up where "Niceville" left off, with our hero Nick Kavanaugh, called in when a flock of crows brings down a private jet of Chinese nationals by mucking up their engines. Nick is already knee deep in a dozen other police problems (many carried over from the first novel), including the disappearance of his father-in-law, several mysterious deaths, and a bank robbery no one can solve. To add to the confusion, his wife Kate is guardian for a ten-year-old orphaned boy who comes to live with them--and brings with him a whole new set of ghosts, voices, and personal agendas. As Nick wades through the clues, the only thread he can find to explain everything that has happened is supernatural forces preying on his quiet sun-dappled community.
Let me stop here: I don't ordinarily go for paranormal, and before "Niceville", Carsten Stroud didn't write that type of book. I got interested in Stroud through his military novels--"Cuba Strait" and "Cobraville"--so was excited to find a new novel by him. He didn't so much change genres as create a new sub-category of 'paranormal thriller'. If I were interested in that genre, there's no one better to write it than Stroud. He has a light-hearted approach ("Speaking of painful, he was aware of Deitz looming at his shoulder, smelling lemony fresh" and "In short, from the ground up, he looked pretty damn good, like a designer refrigerator or like one of those retired NFL linebackers who get jobs as halftime commentators on Fox and CBS--hyper-snazzy in a vaguely alarming way"), a down-to-earth believability even of the unbelievable. Plus--and this may be the most important element--the ghosts and goblins in no way rule the plot; there are lots of 'regular' thriller/mystery pieces to keep the story moving along the traditional genre tracks. In his competent hands, this blending of two genres works. Consider this quote at the beginning of the novel:
"Among the dead, there are those who still have to be killed."
Who could not keep reading after that?
The setting is the southern town of Niceville, a slow-moving, friendly place where most people know most everyone. Stroud recreates this tight, got-your-back community expertly with dialogue, descriptive detail, and chapter titles like 'Zero to Sixty in Four Point Three is Good but Sixty to Zero in One is Not'. Every character Stroud introduces fits perfectly, and there are many. If you didn't meet them in the first book, you might feel overwhelmed by the volume of people it takes to move this plot along. If you read "Niceville" first, you'll be OK. In fact, Stroud often refers to events covered in the first book. Yes, he tries to explain them, but it's a complicated plot with lots of twists and turns and murders and oddities. Consider:
"Plus remember that guy, the guy who found out Twyla's dad was taking pictures of her in the shower, got ahold of them and emailed them to Twyla?"
Yeah, I do, from the first book. There's a lot of backstory that adds a ton of color to the story. If all you get is that one sentence, you might be left shaking your head.
Don't let my whining discourage you from buying this book. Stroud is a top notch story teller. I'll be reading Part III.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A little disorganized, but waiting for book three
By Countess Chocula
The Homecoming picks up exactly where Niceville picks up (you really should read Niceville first). I’m… slightly confused by this wacky series so far. It’s a little bit thriller, a little bit police procedural and a little bit paranormal/horror weirdness. It would make a great television series on Netflix or HBO.
Stroud has got a twisty, twisted mind. Fortunately, if you can’t remember the first book, he offers some backstory mixed into this book; it also helped me find my way because I admit, part of the time I got lost, it’s been a while since I read Niceville. Nick Kavanaugh is investigating the downing of a jet carrying Chinese nationals while dealing with all sorts of other problems at work and home. His wife Kate brought Rainey Teague (the boy who’d disappeared in Niceville) home, who in turn brought home a host of ghosts and more. Things get really crazy for poor Nick as he also attempts to solve the mystery of the jets and a bank robbery that his brother in law seems to be involved with.
I loved all the pieces of the story and the characters, just like I did in Niceville but thrown together sometimes they were way too much. It didn’t help that Stroud got a little disorganized at times and went off on a tangent, dropping the story he was telling to talk about something totally unrelated for a little bit, then picking up where he left off. Honestly, I’m an attentive reader but I found myself drifting more than once.
This is really imaginative and I want to read the third book (The Reckoning, supposed to be out this fall) but I hope it’s more organized than this one.
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