Feathered Quill
“Smiling Faceless Woman is one of those stories that takes the supernatural seriously, not by telling you that a place is haunted, but by showing you. The supernatural has its own headquarters, case files, protocol, and its elements are informed by real expertise.”
BestThrillers
“Smiling Faceless Woman is deliberately expansive rather than relentlessly paced. Unlike the vast majority of supernatural thrillers, the novel has plenty of texture, and over the course of the book, engaged readers are likely to feel like they truly know and care about the cast.”
IndieReader
“Thomas J. Gebhardt III's Smiling Faceless Woman is an unsettling psychological thriller that leans heavily into atmosphere and building dread. The tension comes less from action and more from the growing sense that the protagonist cannot trust their own perceptions, memories, or fear.”
The Bookish Elf
“There exists a particular kind of terror that comes not from what lurks in the darkness, but from the moment you realize the darkness has been watching you all along. Thomas J. Gebhardt III understands this intimacy of fear, weaving it seamlessly into his third novel, Smiling Faceless Woman, a work that refuses to be categorized neatly into any single genre.”
