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Black House
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Black House
Contributors:
By (Author) Stephen King
By (author) Peter Straub
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date:
31st July 2012
UK Publication Date:
5th July 2012
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
813.6
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
832
Dimensions:
Width 131mm, Height 197mm, Spine 39mm
Weight:
563g
Description
Children are disappearing, lost to the world, horrifically murdered.
The best clue the detectives have - a serial killer from a century ago.Jack Sawyer, retired from the LAPD at 35, plagued by visions of another world.As a child, Jack visited the Territories, a menacing place of violence and madness, to save his dying mother. Now, if the latest child victim is to be saved, Jack must retrieve his lost childhood memories and revisit the one place he hoped never to see again.Author Bio
Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine and won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English. It was the publication of his first novel, Carrie and its subsequent adaptation that set him on the way to over twenty years of world-wide bestsellerdom and his acclaimed position as the master of horror and suspense. Stephen King lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife Tabitha. www.stephenking.com
Peter Straub was born and educated in Wisconsin and lived in Dublin and London before settling in New York. Author of a string of bestselling novels, he is the recipient of five Bram Stoker Awards and the two-times winner of the International Horror Guild Award. www.peterstraub.net