The Toy Thief
Autor D.W. Gillespie Narator Jennifer Woodwarden Limba Engleză Audio – 17 oct 2018
"The
author
has
incredible
talent
for
creating
a
tense,
atmospheric
world
for
his
characters,
and
I
was
on
the
edge
of
my
seat
for
every
page
of
this
book."
-Magnolia
Reads
Jack
didn’t
know
what
to
call
the
nameless,
skeletal
creature
that
slunk
into
her
house
in
the
dead
of
night,
stealing
the
very
things
she
loved
the
most.
So
she
named
him
The
Toy
Thief…
There’s
something
in
Jack’s
past
that
she
doesn’t
want
to
face,
an
evil
presence
that
forever
changed
the
trajectory
of
her
family.
It
all
began
when
The
Toy
Thief
appeared,
a
being
drawn
by
goodness
and
innocence,
eager
to
feed
on
everything
Jack
holds
dear.
What
began
as
a
mystery
spirals
out
of
control
when
her
brother,
Andy,
is
taken
away
in
the
night,
and
Jack
must
venture
into
the
dark
place
where
the
toys
go
to
get
him
back.
But
even
if
she
finds
him,
will
he
ever
be
the
same?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781787580862
ISBN-10: 1787580865
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Flame Tree Audio
Colecția FLAME TREE PRESS
Locul publicării:New York, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1787580865
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Flame Tree Audio
Colecția FLAME TREE PRESS
Locul publicării:New York, United Kingdom
Descriere
As
a
girl,
Jack
lives
with
her
father
and
brother
after
her
mother
passed
away
during
childbirth.
Her
father
is
a
well-meaning
construction
worker
who
treats
her
more
like
a
roommate,
while
her
brother,
Andy,
is
an
introverted
loner
prone
to
violent
outbursts,
a
virtual
mirror
to
his
sister
who
is
outspoken
to
an
extreme.
The
story
opens
on
a
sleepover
with
nine
year
old
Jack
and
her
close
friend.
While
putting
on
a
pretend
show,
the
two
girls
leave
a
video
camera
running,
and
when
Jack
replays
the
tape
the
next
day,
she
sees
her
friend’s
toy
being
snatched
off
the
end
table
and
out
the
back
door
by
a
swift,
nearly
unseen
hand.
Excited
and
bewildered,
she
tries
to
show
the
tape
to
her
thirteen
year
old
brother,
Andy
who
is
still
furious
about
the
spat
he
and
Jack
got
into
the
night
before.
Without
another
word,
he
smashes
the
tape
of
the
intruder.
That
night,
determined
to
catch
the
creature
she
now
calls
The
Toy
Thief,
Jack
sets
up
a
series
of
traps,
all
of
which
fail
miserably.
Once
she
awakens
in
the
middle
of
the
night,
she
finds
her
friend’s
toy
has
returned,
brought
back
by
The
Toy
Thief,
an
impossibly
tall
and
rat-like
creature
with
glassy
eyes.
Just
then,
Andy
steps
out
of
his
room,
and
as
The
Thief
flees
in
a
panic,
Andy
realizes
his
sister
is
telling
the
truth.
The
two
of
them
are
able
to
surmise
that
The
Thief
most
likely
travels
through
a
tangled
section
of
woods
called
The
Trails,
and
they
go
out
in
search
of
it.
After
returning
unsuccessful,
Jack
awakes
the
next
morning
to
find
Andy
missing
from
his
bedroom.
As
her
father
informs
the
police,
Jack
knows
it’s
up
to
her
to
find
him.
Jack
must
venture
into
the
dark
place
WHERE
TOYS
GO
to
get
him
back.
But
even
if
she
finds
him,
will
he
ever
be
the
same?FLAME
TREE
PRESS
is
the
new
fiction
imprint
of
Flame
Tree
Publishing.
Launching
in
2018
the
list
brings
together
brilliant
new
authors
and
the
more
established;
the
award
winners,
and
exciting,
original
voices.
Notă biografică
A
fan
of
all
things
dark
and
horrific,D.W.
Gillespiehas
been
writing
horror,
science
fiction,
and
fantasy
for
longer
than
he
would
like
to
admit.
He
began
writing
seriously
in
2002,
and
after
winning
the
MacDougal
Award
for
his
short
story
‘The
Home’,
he’s
since
been
published
many
times
in
print
and
online.
His
body
of
work
includes
dozens
of
short
stories,
such
as
‘Man
of
the
People’,
‘Drawn’
and
‘Heavy’.
He’s
been
featured
in
many
publications,
both
online
and
in
print,
and
he’s
the
author
of
nine
novels
and
counting,
includingStill
Dark,Daylight
Dims,The
Tree
ManandCircle
of
Mist.
He
lives
with
his
wife
and
two
children
in
Tennessee.
D.W.
Gillespie
is
currently
working
on
a
dark
fantasy
novel
that
digs
into
some
of
the
uncomfortable
history
of
America,
specifically
the
south.
Recenzii
The
emotional
connection
that
Gillespie
creates
between
the
reader
and
the
Toy
Thief
is
heartrending
and
brilliant.
"The author has incredible talent for creating a tense, atmospheric world for his characters, and I was on the edge of my seat for every page of this book."
"Turning something so innocent as toys as the main focus in a horror novel…it’s enthralling...Gillespie has a particular skill in making the benign disturbing."
"The antagonist or Toy Thief is so ominously portrayed, that I can honestly say that my nine-year-old self would be burrowed deep under the covers in a fetal position until daybreak – and I love that! A couple of the scenes are so well described, that I got chills while reading the book, and that hasn't happened in a long time."
"It takes a lot to scare me with the amount of horror related content I take in on a day to day basis, but The Toy Thief managed to do just that. At certain points during my read, I found myself holding my breath without even realizing it. I certainly won't be able to get the unnerving description of the Toy Thief out of my mind anytime soon, or my dreams for that matter.. and I doubt you'll be able to either."
"The author has incredible talent for creating a tense, atmospheric world for his characters, and I was on the edge of my seat for every page of this book."
"Turning something so innocent as toys as the main focus in a horror novel…it’s enthralling...Gillespie has a particular skill in making the benign disturbing."
"The antagonist or Toy Thief is so ominously portrayed, that I can honestly say that my nine-year-old self would be burrowed deep under the covers in a fetal position until daybreak – and I love that! A couple of the scenes are so well described, that I got chills while reading the book, and that hasn't happened in a long time."
"It takes a lot to scare me with the amount of horror related content I take in on a day to day basis, but The Toy Thief managed to do just that. At certain points during my read, I found myself holding my breath without even realizing it. I certainly won't be able to get the unnerving description of the Toy Thief out of my mind anytime soon, or my dreams for that matter.. and I doubt you'll be able to either."