Horrorstör

November 15, 2014

This haunted-housewares story follows antiheroine Amy as she gets strong-armed into working overnight to investigate strange happenings in the Orsk store, a parody of everyone's favorite flat-pack Scandinavian furniture warehouse. As the night creeps on, Amy and her coworkers discover that the Orsk building has a dark history and that something in the store won't let them leave, and it's willing to kill to keep them there. Hendrix does a good job of toying with the classic haunted-house story; the unfolding reasons behind the store's problems create a distinctly compelling plot. Tai Sammons narrates evenly, with Bronson Pinchot providing interstitial advertisements for increasingly sinister-sounding Orsk furniture. Images in the print book are available as downloadable PDFs on an accompanying CD. VERDICT With no mood-setting music or intense scares, this audiobook is light on suspense and horror but surprisingly fun nonetheless. Fans of B horror movies will enjoy this parody and will be entertained by the strong story development. ["This first novel may be gimmicky, but it is enjoyable," read the review of the Quirk hc, LJ 7/14.]--Cliff Landis, Georgia State Univ. Lib., Atlanta

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