The book starts off kind of slow as the author builds the storyline and nothing really gets going strong till about midway through the book. Marian takes it upon herself to see to the 'mother', but the 'mother' never makes an appearance as she stays behind a locked door and Marian has to leave food trays for the woman.

Marian was all for staying there, but Ben had very mixed feelings and really didn't want to stay in the mansion.Īt that point on from when the owners left to the Rolfes exploring their newly acquired domain, little things start happening in the house. This is where that saying comes into play 'if it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is' should have weighed down upon the Rolfes, but they ignored any kind of bad feelings about the place. The owners in the meantime let it be known that they will be going away themselves and the Rolfes will have access to everything in the house plus all the buildings on the property.

Ben and Marion along with their son and Ben's Aunt decide to pay the price and stay there for the Summer. There is only one exception: the Rolfes will need to take care of their mother who lives in the house. When Ben and Marian go to check out the mansion, they meet the owners who seem way beyond eccentric and they seem to really want the Rolfes to stay there. Marian sees an ad to rent a mansion for a price they can not believe. I guess it takes quite a bit to scare me, but it was still a good book as it had a lot of suspense, mystery, and there were some spooky moments, but not the 'leave the light on' spooky.īen and Marian Rolfe want to get out of their apartment and go somewhere far away for the Summer months. I was expecting more then I received from this book as all the reviews I read before getting into it seemed to light up the 'scare' tactic, but I wasn't scared at all.

Burnt offerings by robert marasco