The Unloved: A Novel

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Lush, a deceptively tranquil, the secluded islandbasks in splendid isolation off the South Carolinacoast--as does the Devereaux mansion, a once-greatplantation house now crumbling amidst the ancientoaks. Now, for the first time in two decades,Kevin Devereaux has returned here with his wife andchildren to visit Kevin's hated, and frighteningmother. She said she was ill--but is that really whythe old woman has summoned the son she has notseen in so many years Suddenly, horribly, one ofthe Devereauxs is going to die. And now, all thedark secrets of this once-proud family will emergeto wrap their evil around the unsuspectingchildren. Until, in the shadowed corridors anddust-covered rooms of the decaying old house, they learn thetrue terror of The Unloved.

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"Saul has the instincts of a naturalstoryteller."--People

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John Saul's first novel,Suffer the Children, was an immediate million-copy bestseller. His other bestselling suspense novels includePerfect Nightmare, Black Creek Crossing, andThe Presence. He is also the author of theNew York Timesbestselling serial thrillerThe Blackstone Chronicles, initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle and Hawaii.