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Killing Down the Roman Line
Killing Down the Roman Line
Killing Down the Roman Line
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Killing Down the Roman Line

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You go back far enough, every family’s got blood on its hands.

Three miles down the Roman Line, you’ll find the old Corrigan house, empty for decades, the sight of an unspeakable crime that has been long forgotten. Until now, when a stranger rolls into town claiming to be a long lost Corrigan.

Inviting the locals to a tour of the derelict property, the stranger regales the townsfolk with a gruesome tale of how his family was slaughtered by an armed mob. The murderers, he claims, were the ancestors of everyone assembled before him.

Jeered as a fraud, the man’s claims are dismissed but doubts linger over what happened all those years ago. Dissent grows as the stranger agitates for retribution and long dead feuds reignite. Caught in the middle is Jim Hawkshaw, a struggling farmer living near the old house. As he digs for the truth, Jim is forced to choose sides when the locals decide to take matters into their own hands and punish the outsider for his lies.

While the town prepares for its first heritage festival, a band of vigilantes march on the old Corrigan house to exact revenge but this time... this time the Corrigans are ready for them.

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PublisherTim McGregor
Release dateAug 27, 2013
ISBN9781498930758
Killing Down the Roman Line
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Tim McGregor

Tim McGregor is a novelist and screenwriter behind three produced feature films, all of dubious quality. Although the last one did star Luke Perry. His first novel, Bad Wolf, is available as an ebook. Tim lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I struggled with writing this review because I enjoyed the book. It's not for the squeamish. But there were parts of it that I felt were put in for reasons other than to benefit the story. I found a few too many things glossed over, or left hanging to give it more than 3 stars.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Tim McGregor's "Killing Down the Roman Line" is a terrific murder mystery that starts in the late 19th Century and moves into modern day. A small Canadian town is the site for a thriller that links the connection that once again reunites old friends, "murder" and "revenge".I found it quite interesting to learn that McGregor's novel is inspired by an actual event that took place in the 1880's in Ontario, Canada. The tale revolves around a group of vigilantes who secretly swept onto the property of the town's most hated and feared families, the "Black Donnelleys" and murdered the entire clan. McGregor starts his book with his version of the murder (the unfortunate family in this book is the "Corrigans") and spins a great tale of a town's dirty secrets, paranoia, and revenge.The book centers around the Hawkshaw family (neighbors of the old Corrigan house on Roman Line road) and how their lives are affected when the last remaining Corrigan mysteriously returns to claim the homestead. What are his intentions and how will they affect the residents of Pennyluck, Ontario?McGregor is a great storyteller and this book flows with ease from one scene to the next. Accordingly, it would make a great film because of the wonderful pacing. Characters are believable and fully developed. Readers who live or grew up in a small town will find themselves easily identifying with the various members of this town (mayor, police chief, barkeep). McGregor does a wonderful job particularly with the Hawkshaw characters. He portrays them in a realistic and sympathetic way that most readers should appreciate. I lucked on to McGregor's work earlier this year when I read his outstanding police drama/horror story, "Bad Wolf". I look forward to my next venture into the work of this imaginative writer.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In 1898 in a small town in rural Canada, the entire Corrigan family (except one) is murdered and their bodies are burned in their barn. One hundred years later, the grandson of the survivor (so he says), comes back and wants to reclaim his family’s property and seek vengeance against the descendants of the men who got away with murder a century ago. Tim McGregor’s latest novel takes a bit of Canadian folklore and creates a thrilling novel that grabs you with the prelude. I found the characters believable and was expecting one thing and then see that the story goes into another direction. Although, I thought it got a little bogged down in the middle, it wasn’t slow and continued to keep me motivated to read. This is not a horror or ghost story but one of revenge. I enjoyed the fact that a real life event was the nugget that created such a terrific story.

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