After Midnight: An unforgettable tale of one horrific night
By (Author) Richard Laymon
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Feature
8th July 1998
4th June 1998
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
416
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 28mm
250g
'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
Alice enjoys house-sitting for her friend; she has the place to herself, a huge TV, a swimming pool. But one night, just after midnight, a man walks out of the woods and throws himself into the pool. Alice knows about men, so she fetches the Civil War relic that hangs on the wall: an old cavalry sabre ...
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.