A Pleasure and a Calling

from myownwoman

Before I begin this review, I have to let out a prolonged shudder. shuuuuuddddderrr Because this is one deeply creepy, disturbing little book with an unforgettable (or rather, too forgettable, too seemingly normal but entirely villainous) narrator. As a new parent who recently purchased her first...

from nicx27

Do you know who has a key to your house? The premise of this story is that you don't. William Heming is an estate agent who abuses the trust his clients put in him by copying their house keys which he then uses to enter their properties whilst they are out. This book has as the main part of its s...

from wendycartmell

A deliciously creepy novel, very clever, very different. As the blurb says, 'William Heming's every pleasure is in his leafy community. He loves and knows every inch of it, feels nurtured by it, and would defend it - perhaps not with his life but if it came to it, with yours.'William is a very co...

from

What a delightful story. I guess maybe delightful isn't the right word, since it's creepy and thrilling and full of suspense, but it really was delightful and a joy to read. Mr. Heming is totally immoral, mad actually. And has been that way since birth most likely. You can picture him as that kid...

from atticusfinch1048

Who has your house keys? A Pleasure and a Calling is the chilling psychological thriller written by journalist and author Phil Hogan, and I want to know how twisted is Hogan's mind? This thriller is certainly has a brilliant twisted thread all the way through it which makes this such an enthralli...