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USA, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories
A haunting novel from the master of horror, in the popular tradition of Stephen King and Dean Koontz
'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
Beautiful violinist Melanie Conway has visions of death, and when she collapses at a concert her boyfriend, Bodie, is there to hear her premonition.
Penelope Conway is even more stunning than her sister ... but her looks have attracted an obscene caller.
All three are drawn into a nightmare that is fired by sex and haunted by blood.
Praise for Alarums: Dangerous visions abound in this gripping horror novel
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In Laymon's books, blood doesn't so much as drip as explode, splatter and coagulate - Independent
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No one writes like Laymon and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes - Dean Koontz
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A gut-crunching writer - Time Out
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A brilliant writer - Sunday Express
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If you've missed Laymon you've missed a treat - Stephen King
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The author knows how to sock it to the reader - The Times
Richard Laymon
Richard Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947 and grew up in California. Four of his books have been shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award, which he won in 2001 with THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW. Among his many acclaimed works of horror and suspense are THE STAKE, SAVAGE, AFTER MIDNIGHT and the four novels in the Beast House Chronicles: THE CELLAR, THE BEAST HOUSE, THE MIDNIGHT TOUR and FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAST HOUSE. He died in February 2001.
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