Reading the Author's Note at the end of Mr. Mercedes, I discovered that Stephen King has a son, a novelist, Joe Hill. I immediately decided that I needed to read some of his books. Horns was the first. It is the story of one Ignatius Perrish who wakes up one morning to discover that he has grown horns. "The horns called snakes and sins alike from the shadows, beckoning them out of hiding to show themselves." People spontaneously confess to Ig and he discovers secrets he'd rather not know. Will someone confess to the murder of Merrin, Ig's girlfriend - the murder of which he is accused? This is a gripping tale, alternating between past and present. The author's justification for Ig's transformation is creative, believable in a weird, "it's fiction after all" sort of way, and lends credence to an otherwise contrived plot.
"When you think about it, most of the good ideas came along to make sin a whole lot easier."
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