Description
Description
A new psychological thriller from the co-author of the massive international No 1 bestseller BLACK HOUSE.
From the ferocious imagination of Peter Straub springs a nerve-shredding new chiller about the persistence of evil.
A woman kills herself for no apparent reason. A week later, her teenage son disappears. The vanished boy's uncle, Tim Underhill, returns to his home town of Millhaven to discover what he can. A madman known as the Sherman Park Killer has been haunting the neighbourhood, but Underhill believes that Mark's obsession with a local abandoned house is at the root of his disappearance. He fears that Mark came across its last and greatest secret - a lost girl, one who has coaxed Mark deeper and deeper into her mysterious domain. Only by following in their footsteps will Underhill uncover the shocking truth.
About the Author
About the Author
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A lost boy and a lost girl, a serial killer and a haunted house, a suicide and a kidnapping--Straub's masterful tale of ultra horror is all that and a bag of chips!"--Entertainment Weekly (The Must List) "Eerie, unnerving, and concise . . . dark and surprisingly moving."--The Miami Herald "Straub is the master of subtle, smoldering dread. . . . This consummate horror novelist's creepy, erudite vision of the beyond will chill you like the winter wind."--People
"A real thinking-person's thriller, a nuanced, layered reworking of the haunted house story, genuinely creepy."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A near-perfect amalgam of mystery and horror that marks yet another high point in Straub's excellent career as a novelist . . . [He is] at the height of his storytelling powers. This one is his spookiest, most unnerving solo effort since Ghost Story."--Denver Post
"Peter Straub is just plain scary, never more so than in lost boy lost girl . . . an inspired mixture of creative dread and delight, seamlessly crafted so to defy description. . . . [He] breathes life into the dead, making it seem entirely possible, even logical, for such spirits to exist. . . . While the fear factor scores high, Straub makes it flow naturally because, not despite, a story line that stubbornly refuses to stick to chronology or a single narrative voice. He tells many stories in one."--The Columbus Dispatch
"A whale of a book."--Dark Realms
"This is the great novel of the supernatural Straub has always had in him to write . . . beautiful, moving, and spiritually rich."--Booklist
"Strikingly imagined."--Kirkus Reviews
"A ghost story, a serial killer story, a haunted house story and an unhappy family story told from multiple perspectives . . . taut and surprisingly moving, a treat even for those who don't believe in ghosts . . . [Straub] is a deft and literate storyteller who makes you believe in the impossible."--Detroit News
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