The Stake: A corpse holds deadly secrets
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Stake: A corpse holds deadly secrets
By (Author) Richard Laymon
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Feature
1st October 1991
13th June 1991
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.54
Physical Properties
Paperback
512
Width 112mm, Height 178mm, Spine 33mm
276g
Description
'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King
In an abandoned hotel in a Californian ghost town, horror writer Larry Dunbar and his friends make a chilling discovery. By chance they stumble on a coffin hidden under the stairs. Within lies the corpse of a naked female - with a stake through its heart. Was she the innocent victim of a gruesome murder Or was she a vampire There's only one way for Larry to solve the mystery - he must pull out the stake...
Reviews
"...LAYMON MOVES WITH THE SHARP RUSH OF A SHOT ARROW".
-- KIRKUS REVIEWS
Author Bio
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.
