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I enjoyed the Harrow series of books as well as Home Before Dark, Naomi, and You Come When I Call You. If I were to recommend one J.D., I would recommend you start with the Harrow series of books:
Vol 1 - Midnight House
Vol 2 - Mischeif
Vol 3 - The Infinite
Vol 4 - The Abandoned
They all concern a haunted house/mansion and do not need to be read in any order though they do reference other novels in the series.
These are atmospheric ghost stories though I believe the Abandoned did get a bit nasty. Naomi was a tough read for me but some great imagry. The other two were enjoyable as well. I did not care for The Attraction at all.
For half price, I would consider that a really good buy for a Clegg novel.
I'm sure you can get them even cheaper than that on Amazon U.S., but I haven't looked them up.
I've read Mischief and I liked it, so I second Tt's suggestion of the Harrow books. I've also read Afterlife, which was not done by Leisure, and I didn't like it at all.
Joined: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 61 Location: NorCal
The Hour Before Dark is one I like too, and a lot of folks like The Children's Hour. With Clegg, I like his writing style and his plots, but not always the actual development of the stories. His novels can be a little slow, but usually I don't mind reading them because I like the way he puts words together. I like his short stories. One of my favorites is "The Words", found in the collection Four Dark Nights.
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:46 am Posts: 510 Location: Oklahoma
If you subscribe to his newsletter you can download his first novel, Goat Dance, free. I have, but I haven't read it yet.
The Hour Before Dark is probably his best written and has a vivdly evoked atmosphere and setting, but I expected more from the ending.
You Come When I Call You was a crazy and sprawling story about teenagers hunted into adult life by a demon that may have been Adam's mate before Eve.
The Children's Hour was that rare scary vampire story.
The Nightmare Chronicles was a good collection of his stories wrapped around a frame story about kidnappers who find that the boy they've taken may be something worse than themselves.
I want to read Afterlife, Naomi, and The Halloween Man next.
Joined: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:43 am Posts: 199 Location: milwaukee, WI
Loveliest Dead is a great read.
I'm not a big Clegg fan but I've only read a couple of his earlier novels. Halloween Man dragged a lot but that ending I found to be quite good. But was it worth the ride to get there? I'm not sure.
I also read the majority of Goat Dance but that one seemed to drag for me as well and I couldn't bring myself to finish it. But I haven't read any of his newer stuff so I can't voice much of an opinion on his current titles.
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Actually, Clegg's THE ATTRACTION was one of my favorites - the literary equivalent of a cheesy B movie.
The thing to remember about Clegg's work is pretty well every book of his is going to be a bit different. He changes up his style at the drop of a hat.
For example, if you've read one Richard Laymon novel - you've read a fair bit of them. Laymon kept to a bit of a formula and made it work.
Clegg doesn't have any kind of formula. Each of his novels tend to be very different.
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You're not alone, undead. I've enjoyed all his work too. He does change a lot, style-wise though. The last book I read of his was The Priest of Blood, which is a dark fantasy horror hybrid.. I loved it, and I am one of those people who, upon hearing the word vampire, proceed to rip my hair from my skull.. Ehh anyway yeah, a good one to start with would be "The Hour Before Dark".
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