Welcome to Mysteries to Die For and this Toe Tag.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is normally a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery. Today is a bonus episode we call a Toe Tag. It is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, and thriller genre.

Today’s featured release is Who’s Out There by Westley Smith

Who’s Out There is a horror / thriller. The rangers of Pennsyvlania’s Marburg State Park suffered the loss of their leader last July during a rescue mission in the rain and wind of a hurricane. Now it’s late January and Colt Mitcham and his team have a sense of déjà vu. This time, it’s a blizzard knocking out communications. And that’s just the start of the problems because “Douggie Carver’s gone a-hunting” once again.

Bottom line: Who’s Out There is for you if you like stories riding on dread and where survival is a big fat question mark.

Who’s Out There is listed as a thriller but in my opinion it checks more boxes as a horror. It is the classic case of a small group of people cut off from the rest of the world, up against something they don’t realize, and dropping like flies. There’s a lot here for both genre lovers to enjoy but I give the edge to horror.

Who’s Out There has a 11-member cast. Ranger Colt Mitcham stars in the hero role with Ranger Josephine “Joey” Walsh as his confidant and lover. The other rangers—Amos, Flint, Tripp, Wyatt, Dusty, Porter, and Norm—work throughout the park. Darryl Schoff formerly owned land taken by the state to add to the park. He and his son Rumor may have lost the legal battle but are still waging the war. With a large cast, it was challenging to keep the characters straight but it did become easier as the story went on.

The logic of the story works in the context of horror where you have to accept the motivation as it comes and not try to fit it into the sense of the “real world.” The action scenes were abundant and shock-and-awe elements were shocking and awing making excellent use of many favorite horror tropes.

I read Who’s Out There in two sittings and found it to be a page turner. My copy did have several typos and non-standard formatting that I learned to ignore in favor of the story. I highly recommended it for horror lovers as well as thriller lovers who favor physical danger and action over psychological.

Who’s Out There was released from Manta Press and is promoted by Partners In Crime Tours. Visit the tour page for added content and links to digital retailers.

https://partnersincrimetours.com/whos-out-there-by-westley-smith/

About Westley Smith

Westley Smith is the author of the crime thrillers Some Kind of Truth and In the Pale Light which landed on IngramSpark’s #1 pre-order charts in the mystery, thriller, and hard-boiled detective category. He is also the author of the psychological thriller, They Came at Night . He has two self-published horror novels, Along Came the Tricksters and All Hallows Eve. He lives in southern Pennsylvania with his wife and two dogs.

Catch Up With Westley Smith:

WestleySmithBooks.com

Instagram – @wsmithbooks

Facebook – @westleysmith100

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Join us next week for Season 9 Stuff That Can Kill You. It’s my turn at the mic with Under Suspicion, a part of my Rizk Brothers Legal Mystery series. I’m using temperature as my STCKY means of murder. See you there.