Search Results: Horror from The Book Closet

New York: New American Library, 1987 Teal boards with black tape binding; silver foil lettering on spine; previous owner's address sticker on ffep; dj shows signs of aging (yellowig) and is protected with a Brodart cover; not price clipped. "Eight-year-old Amy Kaslov is pretty and charming, she's been abused and seems helpless, but threaten her and sh'll destory you...It begins with a cool breeze, like a shiver of fear. It swirls into the mind of eight-year-old Amy and she becomes puppet and puppetmaster of a terrifying power to make people do things...whether they want to or not." -- from the dj

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2009 Light blue boards with black embossed lettering on sping; dj is protected with Brodart cover. "Gretchen Lowell is still on the loose. These days, she's more of a cause celebre than a feared killer, thanks to sensationalist news coverage that has made her a star. Her face graces magazine covers weekly and there have been sightings of her around the world. Most shocking of all, 'Portland Herald' reporter Susan Ward has uncovered a bizarre kind of fan club, which celebrates the number of days she's been free." - from the dj.

New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1992 Green boards with black tape binding; gold embossed lettering on spine; dj has minor edge wear. "Real estate mogul Byron Trumbo is the owner of the Mauna Pele, a deluxe Hawaiian resort that until recently was the playground of the rich and famous. Yet instead o fmaking money hand over fist, Trumbo has a bit of a problem: guests keep disappearing. Hoping to sell the resort to Japanese investors, he invites them to the Mauna Pele to finalize the deal - but strange and fantastic events complicate the weekend. Giant beasts capable of human speech are spotted, visitors turn up dead and dismembered, and volcanic eruptions fill the sky with smoke and flame as fast-moving lava flows dangerously close to the resort. Trumbo refuses to allow these minor inconveniences to impede his sales pitch to the Japanese." - from the dj flap.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999 Red boards with black tape binding; author's signature in gold foil on front; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. "Seven years have passed since Dr. HannibalLecter escaped from custody, seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally inance. The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interest, savoring the scents, the essences of an unguarded world." -- from the dj

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Black boards with red foil lettering on spine. DJ protected in Brodart cover. "Damaged Portland Detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind -- addicted to pain pills, u nable to return to his old life, powerless to get those ten horrific days off his mind." -- from the dj

New York: Forge, 1995 Cream boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; previous owner's address sticker on ffep; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped. "Young doctor Gina Panzella has known her boss, plastic surgeon Dr. Duncan Lathram, almost her entire life, and respects him deeply. Charming and brilliant, Duncan has invented a dissolving implant that allows incisions to heal without scarring. Duncan's artistry in the operating room is the salvation of Washington's biggest power players whenever they need touch ups for C-Span." -- from the dj

New York: Viking, 1991 Black boards with orange foil lettering; tight, clean spine and pages; dj has minor shelf wear and small sticker residue on back. DJ protected with Brodart cover. "With a demonic blend of malice and affection, Stephen King says goodbye to the town he put on the map - Castle Rock, Maine ... where Polly Chalmers runs You Sew and Sew and Sheriff Alan Pangborn is in charge of keeping the peace." - from the dj.

New York: Dutton, 1996 Red boards with tan tape binding; silver embossed lettering on spine; stated First Trade Edition; dj protected with Brodart cover; price sticker on lower corner of dj; not price clipped. "It's a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Poplar Street everything's normal. The paper boy is making his rounds; the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store; a Frisbee is flying on the Reeds' lawn; Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbecue. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, and the killing will begin. A quiet slice of American Suburbia is about to turn to toast." from the dj

New York: Viking, 1995 Black boards with black tape binding; red foil rose embossed on front cover; red foil lettering on spine; full number line; dj protectd with a Brodart cover; not price-clipped. "Roused by a single drop of blood on the bedhseet, Rosie Daniels wakes from fourteen years of a nightmare marriage and suddenly takes flight. She uses her husband's ATM card to buy a bus ticket, determined to lose herself in a place where Norman won't find her. She'll worry about the rest later." -- from the dj

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998 Black boards with silver embossed lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover. "In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand -- eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic 'Interview with the Vampire,' the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms." - from the dj.