It started out as a kid's game to while away the long drive across the country. It ends in a grotesque nightmare of death and destruction. Someone's out to get them. To destroy their dreams of the future. To plunge then into a paranoid world where every sound could be the last thing they hear.[...]

Schoolteacher Jim Ironheart flies on an impulse to Portland, Oregon. There he risks his life to save a child from being killed. Reporter Holly Thorne - burnt out, cynical, and looking for a life beyond journalism - witnesses his bravery, and soon realises she is on to the biggest story of her lif[...]

It was 12 years ago that Susan watched in horror as her lover died in a grim fraternity rite. In the next four years, the four others involved also died violently. Or did they? Left with amnesia after an accident, Susan does not remember who she is, but she is convinced these men are stalking her.[...]

Young Ellen ran away, joined a carnival, married a man she grew to hate and gave birth to a child so monstrous that she killed it. Years later she has a new husband and two children, but the time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins as Amy is pregnant and the carnival is back in town.[...]

Eduardo is a lonely retiree living on his isolated Montana ranch. His life is peaceful, until one night he is awakened by a fearful throbbing sound and eerie lights in the woods. More mysterious and disturbing events follow over the next few months. Eduardo begins to fear for his sanity and his life[...]

When Tommy Phan discovers a mysterious rag doll on his doorstep one day, he's curious but tries to dismiss it. However, the thing seems ominously foreboding - a feeling borne out when he hears a sound from it that evening. When he picks up the doll, its heart actually appears to be beating. Then the[...]

One by one, the children of Moonlight Bay are disappearing. No one knows if they are dead or alive. Christopher Snow, suffering from the rare disorder xeroderma pigmentosum, has glimpsed the dark and torrid secrets of the small-town community where he has spent his entire life. And only he has the k[...]

"Dead Low Tide" is an iconic early thriller from John D. MacDonald, the mastermind behind" Cape Fear" and the Travis McGee novels. On the coast of Florida, a working stiff is wrongfully accused of murdering his boss--and must outwit one of MacDonald's signature villains to save his life.
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There once was a killer who knew the night, its secrets and rhythms. How to hide within its shadows. When to hunt. He roamed from town to town, city to city, choosing his prey for their beauty and innocence. His cruelties were infinite, his humanity long since forfeit. But still . . . he had not yet[...]

"Such a pretty face" So young, so sweet. She appeared out of nowhere, in the middle of traffic, on a busy day. A teenager with no past, no family?no memories. "Such a lovely child" So blond and beautiful. Carol and Paul were drawn to her?she was the child they?d never had. A dream come true. And the[...]