Black Lightning by John Saul

I first started reading books by John Saul years ago - can't recall how many years ago.    His very first book I'm aware of is "Suffer the Children.  A chilling story about strange goings on in a small town.  It seems in most of his stories young children are the usual victims of strange deaths and other mayhem. 

I recently finished "The Homing" also by John Saul and it was a frightening tale about insects running amuck in a desert town.   The kids in this story were adolescents, with raging hormones and rebellious spirits that drove the adults crazy.

Nevertheless, it was a very good read.   John Sauls story always seem to come from some dark place in the human psyche which usually ends up being very disturbing because I for one believe most of it is, well...plausible.  

At the end of "the Homing"  there was an introduction or excerpt from another tale to you to the bone involving a serial killer called "Black Lightning" and it is a doozy.   I am trying to read it while also reading Deborah Santana's book, the Space Between the Stars."

"Black Lightning" is a huge distraction because it's unlike any John Saul book I've ever read before and it's very scary.   Until now, "The God Project" was my favorite John Saul book, but it looks like "Black Lightning" is making it's way up to the number one spot.  

Ok, I am down to the last fifteen pages of this story and I'm getting really scared and worried.  This book has been one shocking thing after another.  At first, I thought...no, that can't be it.  Now it's beginning to look like...this is it and "IT" is downright frightening.  

Ok, I finished the book and I felt the ending was somewhat of a let down.  I hate it when that happens.  The story was still riveting and scary just the same.  It had to do with split personalities, suspended animation and realizing that anything truly can happen.