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Coldheart Canyon
A Hollywood Ghost Story
704 pages
A dark, glamorous descent into the haunted underbelly of Hollywood vanity.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping off a glittering red carpet into a shadowy, forgotten cellar. It is a steady, dread-soaked exploration of vanity, aging, and the desperate lengths to which people will go to preserve their image. The narrative wraps you in a claustrophobic, eerie atmosphere where the golden age of 1920s Hollywood collides with visceral, modern-day grotesque. The prose is atmospheric and macabre, peeling back the glamorous veneer of fame to expose the terrifying secrets hidden in secluded hideaways. It is a haunting experience that shifts from the quiet desperation of a recluse to a full-blown supernatural nightmare. This dark fantasy will delight readers who love their ghost stories laced with cynical Hollywood glamour and chilling horror.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- haunting
- shadowy
- Tone
- cynical
- eerie
- macabre
- glamorous
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- the price of fame · vanity and aging · hidden histories · isolation
- The writing
- Atmospheric and visceral, blending the glittering allure of Hollywood with grotesque, haunting imagery.
- The arc
- Begins in desperate, vain isolation and descends into a terrifying confrontation with the supernatural past.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave dark, atmospheric ghost stories that peel back the glamorous veneer of fame to reveal the grotesque.
Content notes
- botched plastic surgery
- supernatural horror
- isolation
About the book
Aging star Todd Pickett flees to a secret corner of Hollywood to heal from botched plastic surgery and discovers that his newfound hideaway is in fact haunted by ghosts from the 1920s.
Description from Open Library.
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