Getting cold yet? Batten down the hatches with A Town Called Immaculate, now on Kindle. Check out the reviews below!
Review from the Financial Times (Review by James Urquhart)
With its terse emotions, rural dysfunction and sharply comic moments, this suspenseful debut shares midwestern ambiance and territory with the Coen brothers’ Fargo. An array of strong characters gives a bright, nervy edge to Anthony’s fresh prose.
Review from the South Wales Argus (Read full review)
Josh Werther is the first to offer help to find the missing boy Jacob Marak, but it soon becomes evident that Josh’s interest goes further then just ‘being neighbourly’.
I found this novel a very gripping debut with the odd comedy moment that anyone from a small town will appreciate.
Review from The Guardian: Observer (See the online review here)
It’s Christmas Eve and while the inhabitants batten down the hatches against a blizzard, they…brace themselves for a storm of secrets also waiting to rage. The hero, Ray Marak, has plenty of clandestine troubles, not least impending bankruptcy…but his wife Renee has awkward secrets of her own.
From Denise’s Pieces (review)
Author Peter Anthony certainly has a natural gift for storytelling, and his character development is exquisite. Both major and minor characters throughout the book receive his complete and devoted attention as each, in his or her own way, serve as catalysts to a story line that builds in suspense until the second it explodes in a thrilling conclusion.
Doodled Books Review (review)
Whilst on the surface, the plot may appear all too familiar – what is not, is the character of the men involved and the comedic timing of Hank… and all in time for Christmas! What a gift!
From Grumpy Old Bookman (review)
A Town Called Immaculate is the latest in the Macmillan New Writing series (actual publication date 7 December). This series has usually featured a remarkably high degree of professionalism in what are, by definition, first (published) novels, and this one is no exception.
From dovegreyreader (review)
Another from the Macmillan New Writers series and this one eased itself into the moment with precision. Waddling around in my bombazine gown I felt in need of a good snowstorm, preferably descending on an un-nineteenth century Christmas Eve, bit of intrigue, some small town America and a page turner.
From The Daily Mirror (review)
Small town America has never seemed to cosy, blanketed in snow and lit with fairy lights. However, when Ray and Renee’s young son Jacob disappears on Christmas Eve, old demons come shockingly to the fore and the locals suddenly don’t seem so sweet.
From a reader on Amazon:
Peter Anthony has a gift for painting vivid scenes in the reader’s mind, capturing the essence of each setting beautifully. Characters, be they raucous to stoic, are thoroughly developed through a mix of narrative and clever (often hilarious) dialogue as each recounts stories past and present. Anthony knows his characters inside-out, and it shows. Lastly, in addition to all the playful banter the rural Minnesota setting has to offer, the dramatic conclusion will have readers unable to set the book down.
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