3 stars for Psycho House (Psycho book 3) by Robert Bloch.
I finish reading Psycho House late last night and promptly heave a sigh of relief. Considering my ongoing crochet project, it is by no means an easy feat to finish reading the Psycho trilogy in succession and post this review in time to wrap up my Halloween reads before October runs out. Seriously, it never crosses my mind that I have the capability nor capacity to add more than one horror story to my repertoire of literary criticism this month. One Thin Air is good enough. A bonus when The Sun Down Motel comes along. Then before I know it, I have completed Psycho I and Psycho II and aiming to finish a Psycho III.
More than thirty years have passed since the happenings in Psycho I. The Bates house and motel which were burned down years ago have now been rebuilt and restored. Unfortunately, with the replica of the house and motel, the psycho also attempts to stage a comeback.
This is one story which keeps me going and guessing all the time. Given the way the author weaves his plot and his courage to kill off characters since Psycho I and II, there is no way to know for sure who the Norman Bates in this book is. Suddenly, every character in Psycho House has the potential to pass off as the psychopath. Well, one never knows.
With the conclusion of Pyscho House, I have come to the end of the Psycho trilogy. I am glad I did not give up on this series given that I did not like Psycho II much, but at least now I can hold my head up high and say I have read all three books. Well, if you ask me, I will say Psycho book 1 will have done very well on its own, and in my opinion, it may have been better being a standalone.
Publisher: Tor Books
Publication date: 1 Feb 1991
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The new Bates Motel is a tourist attraction, a recreation of the murder site, and the developers are already counting their profits. And there's a new exhibit, one nobody expected: the bloody corpse of a teenage girl crumpled in the front hall, stabbed to death.
Among the avalanche of press and publicity is reporter Amelia Haines, true-crime book writer. She's studying the original Psycho killings and to Amy, the new murders are a golden opportunity-if she can be part of the investigation, perhaps track down the killer herself, then her fame, and her fortune, will be assured.
But catching the madman won't be easy . . . the town is full of suspects, and Amy's best informants keep turning up murdered. If she isn't careful, Amelia Haines may be the next permanent guest at the Bates Motel. . . .
*Blurb from Goodreads*
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