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of Stephen King and Bentley Little will devour The Beast of Barcroft, Bill Schweigarts brilliant new vision of dark suburban horror, Ben thought he had the neighbor from hell, He didnt know how right he was,
 
Ben McKelvie believes hes moving up in the world when he and his fiancée buy a house in the cushy Washington, D, C. , suburb of Barcroft. Instead, hes moving downway downthanks to Madeleine Roux, the crazy neighbor whose vermininfested property is a permanent eyesore and looming hazard to public health,
 
First, Bens fiancée leaves him then, his dog dies, apparently killed by a predator drawn into Barcroft by Madeleines noxious menagerie, But the worst is yet to come for Ben, for hes not dealing with any ordinary wild animal, This killer is something much, much worse, Something that couldnt possibly existin this world,
 
Now, as a devilish creature stalks the locals, Ben resolves to take action, With some grudging assistance from a curator at the Smithsonians National Zoo and the crackpot theories of a selfstyled cryptozoologist, he discovers the sinister truth behind the attacks, but knowing the Beast of Barcroft and stopping it are two different animals.
REVIEW: THE BEAST OF BARCROFT by Bill Schweigart

A compelling supernaturalthemed horror novel starring a pair of unlikely heroes, Ben lives alone, supporting a mortgage after his fiancee' s departure and struggling through depression and newly, panic attacks, Lindsay is a curator at Washington D, C. 's National Zoo, with a shallow itinerant girlfriend, Ben's drugaddicted neighbor's misbehavior has infested the quiet, formerly peaceful, neighborhood with raccoons, pigeons, and rats, But the worst is yet to come, and in no way is this a spawn of Mother Nature, THE BEAST OF BARCROFT is the exciting first entry in a new cryptozoological series, with wildly horrifying beasts and excellently characterized individuals, Ben and his fiance buy a bigger house, . they just don't realize they are moving next door to this,
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Ben has a few other issues because his fiance has decided to dump him and he is left with his dog and a rat problem from his neighbor's animal hoarding.

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I hate rats so that's about the scariest I'm going on that one

Then that same neighbor passes away in her home, Shortly after that some weird stuff starts going on in the neighborhood,
The animal problem is getting worse since the hoarder lady is not around to feed the animals and the neighborhood has gotten together to try and get something done about her house and the critters that it is attracting.

Then Ben is outside and his dog is attacked by a mountain lion in front of Ben's eyes,
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Ben calls out the feisty police lady and she gives him the brush off, because mountain lion in fancy suburbs Plus Ben admits to flushing his antidepressants and smells like pee.
Come on peopleI would smell like pee too if I just saw a critter chomping on my dog,
Then some more attacks begin to happen,

Ben finally gets someone to halfway believe him when he teams up with Lindsay, the National zoo's assistant curator for great cats,
Of course, Ben tries to put some moves on her,
"You know who makes a move like that in the woods After they show you their basement Serial killers, that's who, "
"This isn't the woods, it's a park, With roses in it. "
"They're not even in bloom!"

Ben is full of smooth, When he isn't busy on Wikipedia or internet porn watching watching the Discovery channel,
He is actually pretty snarky and I loved his character,

The monster finally gets figured out and it's good, Really good but
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Towards the end of this book I kept thinking this would be great as a series, Yes, I know I can't believe I just said that, . but it would. Then I look and it's going to be,
Dear author, please keep up the story line that you are starting and pick a better cover, This cover was pretty fugly,

Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review,

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sitelinkMommacat's review is the featured review for this one, I don't catch Mommacat on here much but I love her reviews when I do, Finally finished this. LOL.

So this story is about a man named Ben, One night, he watches his poor dog get killed by a mountain lion and decides to find out WTF is happening well, he starts by trying to inform ppl of said lion but he's ignored.
As he "investigates", things turn a bit more supernatural in nature,

You know how good a book is when you forget the MCs name likeminutes after finishing the book, True story. Just finished it a couple minutes ago and realized I'd already forgotten his name, LOL.

This felt like a first draft of a story, The idea isn't bad. Neither is the technical writing, but it had no depth to it, It like almost like the author decided this book needed X things, so he just stuck them in there, The plot is very straight forward, There's no minor plot lines, no character development, or any of that, So the stuff the MC says sounds incredibly cheesy and strange, and very disjointed,

As an example, he's met this woman about a week ago, They aren't in a relationship, So, together they go off to find this monster and he locks her in his car, She's understandingly upset about this, saying that she's already saved his life once, Why lock her up And he, very seriously, presses his hand against the window and says "I know, You saved me from everything" with a soulful look, He was being serious.

Who says that to some he met a week ago, who is gay so no chance of a relationship, and their only together because of this monster

Another part of the book has him saying, after he sends a monster packing, 'I best not see you here again.
. . or else!'

Really I'm waiting for the CSI Miami start music to play,

The book is riddled with shit like that, I'm going to give booka shot, Hopefully he's improved An entertaining and relentless page turner,

One of the best compliments that can be given a book is that “I couldnt put it down” and I almost literally could not, blazing through this tight, fast paced novel in a couple days.


Protagonist Ben McKelvie has moved to Arlington Virginia, in an older suburban neighborhood and has unfortunately put down roots next to the local crackpot, a woman whos conservationist ideals and love for animals has been sidetracked by mental illness and substance abuse.
But Ben and his neighbors soon learn that they have more to deal with than an infestation with rats and a nut, Next comes paranormal activity, Native American folklore and a rich, charismatic cryptozoologist,

Though the publisher has marketed this in the horror genre with invitations to Stephen King fans, and there are ample examples of horror elements in the novel, I would group this more in the urban fantasy subgenre, akin to Jim Butcher and Kevin Hearne.
Like the Dresden files and Iron Druid series, Bill Schweigart has a great idea and has crafted a damn fine story around a solid design,

This all makes me think and I cannot believe I am typing this that Schweigart has a great idea for a series, True, the market is glutted with bookof this and the fifth installment of that, but WHAT THE HELL This was a fun book to read, and if were hunting cryptids, Schweigart seems to be well prepared to deliver.


Schweigarts writing is a lot of fun, well paced and enjoyable, His prose is smart and witty with many cultural and pop references to keep things moving, His characterization and dialogue, frequently a soft spot in this genre, is well defined and approachable,

Finally, author Bill Schweigart has created a tense, fun thriller with psychological and occult elements, He also used a fantastic term that I will be looking for in my fantasy selections: Cryptozoology,

And Ill look for more books from this talented writer,

Scary good! This horror novel will keep you intrigued and reading through the night, Wellwritten with solid characters that make you want to yell at them when you think they are about to do something stupid, I thought it was just the right amount of terror, Fans who love to be scared in their reading material will want to sink their teeth into this one, Sometimes in life you need to read a book that is both pleasure and entertainment, The Beast of Barcroft provides it in bucketloads,

The story opens with our feckless antihero Ben, girlfriend left him, neighbour from hell and then just as the universe tends to do, it kicks him even more when his dog is killed by a mountain lion.
And it's all the neighbours fault, Trouble is, she's now dead and it's only getting worse,

This book has a great mix of characters, and a fast paced plot, If you enjoy cryptozoology and mythology then this is a book for you, Me I enjoy a good creature feature and this ticked all my boxes,stars. copy

I must admit, I never heard of Bill Schweigart until I came across this book in Netgalley, but I found the title, description, and cover to be enough to pique my curiosity.
I am so glad I took a chance, The Beast of Barcroft was a genuinely pleasant surprise,

Great writing and interesting storytelling, The author is quite skilled in character construction and creating believable situations out of beyond believable events,

There are a number of twists as the facts slowly come to light and several "Oh, Wow!" moments,

The story begins in the Arlington, Virginia, community of Barcroft where, recently divorced, Ben McLelvie is having a bit of a rat problem due to a neighbor, Madeleine Roux, who calls herself an animal rehabilitator.
Her activities have lead to all kinds of vermin which seem to have attracted a bigger predator to the neighborhood,

As deaths mount and the story changes, Ben is put in touch with Lindsay Clark, the curator of great cats at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, She has a friend who is a cryptozoologist, and that's when things really get interesting,

I'm kind of beating around the bush here because I don't want to give too much away, but I will tell you I did enjoy the read and will likely read the sequel when it comes out in February of.


The Beast of Barcroft is currently available, as an ebook, and is published by Hydra Books, a division of Random House LLC,

Recommended.

Bill is a former Coast Guard officer who drew from his experiences at sea to write the taut nautical thriller, SLIPPING THE CABLE, Bill currently residents in Arlington, VA with his wife and daughter, who along with their monstrous Newfoundland and mischievous kitten, provide him with all the adventure he can handle, Could not put this book down! One of the best books I have read in quite awhile! Fastpaced and concisely written my fav!, I devoured this tale of terror in one sitting! Reading Northwoods, Bookof Bill Schweigart's Fatal Folklore trilogy next! Very entertaining and original take on the shapeshifter story.
This was fastpaced and very humorous, It's a quick quality read, Consider it Recommended! OMG this was so good, so glade I wanted to pick this up and give it a try, there was some things I didn't understand but I'm hoping that since this was an uncorrected copy that it'll be fix when it comes out to buy, with that said I also want to say that I loved how it pulled me in the story and kept me wanting to read it, loved how it also used Native American myths and legends as part of the story.
I received a advanced copy through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review:

It is a must read for any Stephen King fan, While reading this book I was wondering if the author is a King fan of his earlier works because this is what the book reminded me of, It is a story about a beast not sure what it is that is terrorizing a small community which started when a troublesome neighbor dies, Strange things started to happen with no explanation, When Ben was out one night with his dog Bucky a shadow swept Bucky away, Ben wasn't sure what it was since it looked like a big cat, A little paranormal activity in the story and the funny part the way it is written it flows with the story, I kept on reading this book to find out what the animal was, In the beginning of the book you think its on the line of a mountain lion, wolf, or some critter from the forest, Now Ben is determined to find out what this beast is and why it is terrorizing his neighborhood, In comes Lindsay who works for a zoo in the Washington DC area along with her friend Severence who will help Ben get to the bottom of what is going on in his little town.


The author weaves a tale that can give you nightmares since this thing is what you fear most,
Right from the beginning I felt almost like I was watching a movie, Cue the music as an ominous scene unfolds and the mystery of the The Beast Of Barcroft began, I was hooked.

Ben is a sympathetic character, He thinks hes finally moving up in the world, That his hard work has paid off, Thats until he discovers that his posh new digs are planted right alongside a rundown house riddled with rats and stray cats, His life begins to fall apart, And it changes forever when he sees the creature that killed his beloved dog,

Yep, I thought I should warn you, a dog dies in this story, But the author doesnt describe its death, Just what happens afterwards. When Ben faces the beast, its so otherworldly yet so beautiful,

The story moves swiftly then, The mystery deepens, some vital characters are introduced and the horror of the beast takes over,

Wowser. I thought I knew what the beast was, But I was way off, It was something new to me and thats a huge bonus, I love cryptids and this one prowled right out of folklore in all its shiny newness, Some scenes were more subtle, And some were so intense I couldnt see how anyone would survive, Some didnt. Some did, and they want after the beast, The final confrontation seemed hopeless, I braced myself and took what the author dished out, But, wait. It wasnt over. There was one more violent confrontation, Then it was over.

Now, about the final battle, I thought about it for awhile, Then I decided it worked, Might not be what I wanted, but it worked,

Did I enjoy The Beast Of Barcroft Yes I did, The audible is over seven hours long and I listened to it straight through, Would I recommend

it In a heartbeat,

I received a complimentary copy, My review is voluntarily given, .