Remember the hell we went through with The Lifeguard? I’m gun shy on all Richie Tankersley Cusick novels now. Those three covers look very similar.Īnyway, since this is RTC, I’m already second-guessing my memory of liking this book. I think there’s a similarity in stories, but it’s mostly the covers. I remember it really well, even though it’s somehow inextricably linked in my head to Bebe Faas Rice’s The Listeners and Music from the Dead. So, this is one of those books that I know I enjoyed as a teen. Based on Dove and Wing’s recap at The Devil’s Elbow, I’m aware that this trend does in fact carry on the entirety of the book. Or at least throughout the first three chapters, which is as far as I’ve read as I type these words. Also, the abuse of dashes and ellipses you can clearly see in the description carries on throughout the book. Are they really saying that a fire is a practical joke? A fire?! Yeah, that’s not a joke, wtf. So, let’s start with that description real quick. I used to take shit care of my stuff when I was around that age. My copy is old and stained all to hell with soda that leaked out of take-out cups. I don’t remember the first time I read it, but it had to have been when I was around 11 or 12. Wow, October 1989? I was eight years old when this book was published. Someone would be coming home this year with more than just a bag of treats. It was October, but these were no Halloween tricks. And the phone calls: “Trick or treat, Martha. Then the practical jokes began – the scarecrow with a carving knife in its head, the fire. Martha was sure someone was following her. And it wasn’t just the house that was giving her a weird feeling. Martha knew there was something evil about the house she was moving into. To free herself of guilt, Ryan must unlock Marisa's terrible secretbefore death takes her too.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.Tagline: Trick or treat, trick or treat, candy is dandy, but murder is sweetĭescription: Dressed to kill. A creepy college friend of Marisa's shows up at Ryan's house, and her mother asks him to stay through Christmas. At night she feels something following her, but when she turns around there's nothing there. But guilt is not what she should be afraid of.Three weeks after Marisa's death, Ryan sees her everywhere.

Even though the accident wasn't her fault, Ryan is consumed by guilt. Marisa plummets into the frigid water below, and though Ryan tries to save her, there's nothing she can do.

Something has frightened Marisa, and she's about to explain it to Ryan, her younger sister, when she steps onto a patch of thin ice. After her sister drowns, Ryan McCauley is haunted by the dead girl's pastTwo sisters walk through a snowy wood, collecting pinecones for Christmas decorations.

Overdue by Richie Tankersley Cusick