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Created from a nightmare – a story for Halloween that will haunt your dreams forever

Houston, TX - What better time of the year than Halloween to read a brilliantly written book that is not only a bone-chilling thriller but one that will surround the reader with haunting fear when all things familiar suddenly become sinister! Perhaps having been born in London with all its mystique and history contributed to Tariq Goddard, the author of The Picture of Contented New Wealth (O-Books), becoming a ‘master of fright.’ Gaining accolades and recognition when two of his earlier books were nominated for national and international awards, his latest book will be giving the likes of Stephen King a run for their money.

Created from one of Goddard’s own nightmares and the substance of good Halloween story-telling, The Picture of Contented New Wealth is a gothic tragedy set in the nineteen eighties. It is an exquisite blend of desire, excitement and humor – bringing much more to the traditional thriller than is the norm.

It is the story of the Conti family who purchase a house in Hampshire. The mother, bed-bound and complaining of a rare bone disease, hears a voice behind her ears that is not her own – causing her husband to fear that their home is a portal through which an older, more malign energy has passed and now possesses his wife and son. As their life deteriorates, his secular and agnostic world view undergoes a transformation, drawing him to a strange man from the hills – a preacher. Will this man be their unlikely savior or are he and his family merely victims of their own self-serving yuppie way of life? As the end of the eighties approaches, this family recognizes that it is not wealth they are obsessed with, but something far more evil…

Check out this amazing thriller and the author’s other talented works at www.amazon.com .

TIP SHEET:

Adam Neville, author of Banquet for the Damned: “Creepy and evocative. Through the turn of phrase, the insight into the dark heart of humanity, and the incremental evocation of satanic evil, are echoes of William Peter Blatty, Henry James, Shirley Jackson and even John Updike. But more than any of these we hear Goddard’s own powerful voice.”

BBC Scotland the Book Café: “So freaky I couldn’t read this after dark at home by myself.”