At the heart of this spooky tale are the children, Laurie and Ryan Evans, who are unwittingly exposed to danger when their recently widowed mother marries widower Anthony Fleming. The too-good-to-be-anything-but-evil Fleming lives in the Rockwell, a building rumored to be inhabited by witches and vampires, that has the children in the neighborhood terrified:

"Amber's eyes were still fixed on the building. They were just stories, she told herself once again. They weren't true. But even as she silently spoke the words to herself, a strange chill of apprehension ran through her and she turned away ... I'll die, she thought. If I go in there, I'll die."

Of course, the newly married Caroline does not share the anxiety of her children, despite Fleming's Bluebeard-like determination to keep everyone out of his study, not to mention the horrible whispers and strange sounds coming from empty rooms in the middle of the night. It is this tension, and Caroline's dawning realization of her new husband's shortcomings, that drives the novel to its startling conclusion.

Saul uses familiar horror images--an ancient building with even older residents, creepy neighbors that are not quite right, whispers in your room after midnight--to spin a new tale of evil that will remind readers why one should always leave the closet light on. --Daphne Durham

Product Description
The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise her children with little money and even less hope. When she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, the charismatic man of her dreams, she believes her life is destined for happiness. She and her children move into her new husband’s spacious apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Despite her son’s instinctive misgivings about the building and its residents, Caroline dismisses the odd behavior of her neighbors as pleasant eccentricities. But after her daughter begins to experience horrifying nightmares and a startling secret emerges, Caroline realizes that the magnificence of her new home masks a secret of unimaginable horror. . . .

Caroline's fortune appears to change at a chance encounter in a park. A casual conversation with a seemingly interested person leads her literally to love. She is soon introduced to Tony Fleming, a sophisticated gentleman who lives in Central Park West in a building many describe as being haunted. Shortly after their wedding, the family of four settles into the "haunted house" and frightening events become the norm. Only Ryan appears to be aware of the senior population and how they appear to be rejuvenating; even a portrait on the ceiling appears to reflect the ages of the established occupants.

The quest for youth appears to be the priority of the building's residents. Children disappear and the question is who and what is responsible. Is Tony what he seems? And does he really know Caroline and her children before he married her?

This chilling story will certainly keep readers engrossed until that last page is read.


chilling Dorian Gray like tale   June 2, 2002
Harriet Klausner
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

When Brad Evan's was killed while jogging in Central Park at night, he had ignored the feeling he was being watched for the past ten weeks. His death leaves his widow Caroline broken hearted and broke. She takes a job working in an antique store where she meets Irene Delamond who lives at the Rockwell at 100 Central Park West, a building more exclusive than the Dakota.

Irene takes an immediate liking to Caroline and decides to set her up with Anthony Fleming, one of the Rockwell tenants. Within a year, Carolina marries Anthony and she and her children from her first marriage move into 100 Central Park West where the tenants, most of them elderly, take an extraordinary interest in the two youngsters. It isn't until Caroline stumbles upon something terrifying in her husband's office at home that she realizes that Anthony and his friends want something more from her and the children than friendship.

Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will be thrilled with the latest offering of John Saul. MIDNIGHT VOICES is a chilling work of horror that slowly but believably builds toward an inevitable climax. Readers will love Caroline who will do whatever it takes to protect her children from those malevolent Dorian Gray like beings wearing the mask of mortality.

Harriet Klausner


GREAT READ   August 15, 2002
Walter D. Stephens (Lufkin, Texas USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a good book to read. I read about 3 books a week and, it is hard to find a book this good. This completely held my interest, start to finish. You will not go wrong reading this book.


John Saul has a new fan....   January 17, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I read this book and thought it was fantastic. I loved the characters and I didn't want the story to end even though I wanted to know the outcome.
I loved this book and I recommend it to anyone looking for a good thriller to read. I am definitely going to read his other books.


Midnight Voices is suspensful   June 11, 2003
C. Dobbe (Mt. Prospect, IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

John Sauls Midnight voices was great. It keep me on the edge of my seat. It is a real page turner. One of the more exciting books I have read. If you want something that is supensful with a little bit of fright added to it get this book. You will not regret it. This is a book that you will not want to put it down. It was so much fun to read.