Fog Heart

First published 1996

Two couples, both skeptical and desperate, are drawn together by a medium named Oona, a fragile, beautiful young woman who knows things that no other living person should know. Is her gift real, or is it the sign of a consuming madness?

• “A sense not just of evil but of spiritual terror... suspenseful, shocking, harrowing, but also very moving and written in prose of great elegance and power.”Ramsey Campbell
• “It is the emotional hurt that Thomas Tessier inflicts on his characters that is the most horrifying aspect.”Fangoria
• “Thomas Tessier's novel is that rare thing, a clever and well-written horror story.”The Times (London)
• “If Tessier has any peers, they are Jonathan Carroll and Ruth Rendell, but the fact is that he is in a class by himself... Fog Heart is a stunning, beautifully realized book.”Peter Straub
• “Thomas Tessier knows exactly where to slide the blade so that it goes in quickly, straight to the heart.”Edward Bryant, Locus
• “Tessier knows no limits except those of his own considerable imagination, which is poetic and savage by turns, and always surprising.”Ramsey Campbell
• “A clever and subtle book, brilliant in parts.”Chris Morgan, Interzone

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