Harbor By John Ajvide Lindqvist
Another excellent novel from my favorite horror writer of the moment. His writing is often beautiful without ever going into hugely descriptive mode. Everything is clear, defined, described and easily accessible to the reader with only a few lyrical flights of fancy.
You could easily be half way through the novel assuming it to be a tragedy set on a small island of the coast of Sweden. When a young man’s daughter goes missing whilst on a family holiday to the island he is left to suffer the consequences. This is set amid the history and people of the island all of whom have a story to tell in one way or another. There are only a few minor hints that this is a horror story and a good one to boot. I believe that it could so easily not have been. But well into the book clues start to emerge, bad things start happening all leading to a fierce climax. Highly recommended.

