Draw The Dark

Picture yourself living in a small town in Wisconsin, not much different from Pewaukee, small enough where you know everyone in town. There is nothing really exciting that happens, until you hear about a murder that happened during WWII, when all the Jews left, because the mayor were using German PW’s for work. You have to a history report about something local, so you decide the murder. Draw the Dark, by Ilsa J. Bick, is a great mix of a supernatural and mystery book.

You might be wondering how supernatural fits into this book. The main character, Christian, has an amazing drawing talent. He can draw anything! By anything I mean, he can draw a nightmare for example. When he draws something, he can make someone visualize it. He can even draw death, making the victim see how they will die. Christian also has a special bond with a guy named David Witek. Christian has dreams of Davids past, and uses them to find out what happened at the barn.

The mystery in this book, as you might of figured out, is about the murder at the barn. Christian decides to look at newspaper articles from then, but when he finally sees the scene, he finds out that the murder isn’t close to what the article said. The article said that Mordecai Witek, David Witeks father, injured the man he intended to kill, Charles Eisenmann, and killed someone else instead. But what happened was Mordecai got mad and punched Charles, and almost killed him, but the man he supposedly killed, a German PW, killed Mordecai. They didn’t help Charles so he died. They replaced Charles with another man and buried both Mordecai and Charles under the barn.

Even though this book isn’t a series, overall Draw the Dark is both a great mystery and supernatural book. I liked this book because it seems realistic, even though it isn’t possible. Not to mention, this book demonstrates that if you try hard enough, you can get what you need.