The Possessions of Doctor Forrest by Richard T. Kelly

This book's foreboding tone and shades of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Turn of the Screw will keep you feeling suitably creeped out.

By Laurie Grassi

Updated June 21, 2013

The Possessions of Doctor Forrest by Richard T. Kelly

Two respectable Scottish doctors find their lives slowly and inexplicably falling to pieces when their long-time friend, a cosmetic surgeon with a reputation for sleeping around, goes missing after becoming involved in a clandestine affair with a mysterious and sinister woman. A foreboding tone and shades of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Turn of the Screw will keep you feeling suitably creeped out.

The Possessions of Doctor Forrest, Richard T. Kelly, $26. Available at Indigo.ca and Amazon.ca.

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