He was evil but did the evil die with him? The characters were all well developed and written. I really liked the back story because we get a great incite into the boys and Bernard especially. Did they really know Bernard? Well, this was a dark and twisted tale! It begs the question, do you really know your friends? Alan thinks back on his childhood with the gang and soon realised that maybe Bernard isn't who they thought, maybe the glow of innocence blocked a lot of what Bernard was doing. Alan and his friends get a message that their old friend, Bernard committed suicide, and it leaves them reeling and pondering what happened? When they find a weird note left by Bernard, Alan is left with a mystery to unravel after a body is uncovered. To find the truth not only about Bernard, but themselves, they must delve into the darkness and those who inhabit it, a darkness that cradles an unspeakable evil so terrifying it could forever trap them in the shadows of the damned and shatter the very concept of their existence. His entire life may have been a lie, and rather than the sad, lonely and harmless person they believed him to be, he very well may have been a savage ritual killer, a bleeder of young women who conjured evil to fulfill his own demented dreams. Within weeks of Bernard's death, one by one the mutilated bodies of murder victims are found in town, and as the three remaining friends attempt to solve the riddle of Bernard's suicide, they come to realize that he may not have been who or what they thought he was. Years later, as the four survivors - all unhappy, unsuccessful and marking time - approach their 40th birthdays, Bernard suddenly commits suicide. A circle of five, their world was simple and happy until the day Tommy was struck by a car and killed. This was my first Gifune novel, but most definitely not my last! I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.Alan, Tommy, Rick, Donald and Bernard were inseparable best friends living in the small, coastal Massachusetts town of Potter's Cove.

I would say this is a pretty cool entry point as Greg's work.

Its so easy listening to his words through the vocal expertise of Fred Filbrich. Super eerie! But also very somber! Sad almost. So he takes up the offer (which is not only the home but a large amount of money!) and leaves on a greyhound to go dig up the past, to find some meaning, to find out why. Empty inside, and hopelessly codependent. So he has a girlfriend that is a categorical alcoholic. He soon learns Sheena has died, but mysteriously she left her entire estate and home in his name.

Lenny has not seen Sheena in over 20 years. Lenny Cates has an ex lover from years ago in college.

The Bleeding Season by Greg F. Gifune