The title Torn refers to more than the graphic violence you might expect in a story where evil beast meets human. However as I found in The German, there's another story being told in this book that is tightly bound to that of the creepy characters and monsters. Douglas Sykes' character on the other hand gave me the creeps, and that was his job in this story. His nightmarish singsong, rhyming, creepy dialog alone gave me goosebumps. In Torn, Thomas weaves a tale of horror with characters that quickly become important to the reader, from Bill and his family to his men, so that from the beginning the reader becomes invested in their well-being. Bill quickly finds Douglas Sykes, the insane man who kidnapped Maggie, and immediately concludes that Sykes is more than insane and dangerous, he's not quite human, and that having Sykes in Luther's Bend might just destroy the whole town. What begins with Maggie Mayflower's disappearance and a desperate search through the woods surrounding Luther's Bend by Sheriff Bill Cranston, his men and neighbors, ends in a chilling and unexpected scene when as Maggie is found they realize she has been used as bait, and a horrifying act takes place right in front of the Sheriff and a few of his men. That's how Lee Thomas' horror tale Torn begins, and with that one sentence you know it's going to be a chilling tale.
"How do you go on when something like that happens to your child?" Since that turned out to be one of my favorite novels last year, I could not wait to read Torn. I've only read one book by Lee Thomas, his novel The German.
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