This is a pretty good one, in the same vein as THE DAMNED as
mentioned and many other JDMs, with a bunch of people closing
in on a burst of emotion and violence. Here it's people
living in houseboats on a pier at Elihu Beach, Florida.
There's the criminal womanizer, the "ugly" girl with a heart
of gold, the slut who's already a whore but whose husband
doesn't know it, the old fellow who doesn't want to settle
down like his daughters want him to, the tough dame running
the place, the soulless businessmen who want to buy her out,
a couple of old salts who charter their boats and the good
guy who let himself go but gets back in shape because he has
a redemptive job to do. That last guy is the stranger who
disrupts the circle of friends and helps set things going
that make a big party end in
... murder.
As with THE DAMNED some of the back stories are hokey but I
really like these stories where JDM gets a group of people
together and puts them in a vise. He's very good at handling
the large group of characters, too. He'll throw them all at
you right at the start, which can be confusing, but you'll
soon get them sorted out.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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