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USA, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories
A gripping novel from the master of horror - 'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
Five old college friends meet up every year. This time Helen - the girl with a horror fixation and a fear of being attacked in a bathroom by a bloodthirsty assailant - has chosen the venue: Totem Pole Lodge, a deserted hotel with a sinister past. Before long they will find out that it isn't completely deserted. And Helen is just dying to take a shower ...
Praise for Blood Games: A gruesome, electrifying 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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