[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Horror February 2008
- From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:17:44 -0500
Horror February 2008
"How's business, Miles? Kill many today?" ~ Uncle Ira to Dr. Miles Bennell,
from Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
New and Recently Released!
Duma Key - by Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 1/8/2008
ISBN: 9781416552512
ISBN-10: 1416552510
Edgar Freemantle isn't having the greatest year: he's recovering from a
horrible accident that took his right arm and fractured his skull and, not long
after the accident, his wife of over 20 years asks for a divorce. Luckily, he's
a millionaire and can afford to leave Minnesota for sunny Florida in order
to get away from things and rehabilitate. He rents a house on secluded Duma Key
and indulges in sketching and painting, where he finds that his art has
strange powers. Seasoned Stephen King fans will adore his latest well-told,
spine-tingling book, and newcomers will too.
First Chapter
The Darkest Evening of the Year - by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam Books
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 11/27/2007
ISBN: 9780553804829
ISBN-10: 0553804820
Dog lovers take note--one of the main characters in bestselling author Dean
Koontz's latest novel is a golden retriever named Nickie. Amy Redwing, who
rescues
dogs, takes in Nickie after a battered wife calls for help (her violent husband
is angry that she gave the dog a bath and is taking it out on both human
and canine). Amy has an immediate bond with Nickie and ends up claiming him for
herself. And it's a good thing too, because there's something special about
Nickie and there's trouble from Amy's past headed her way. In a starred review,
Publishers Weekly calls The Darkest Evening of the Year a "topnotch thriller."
First Chapter
The Missing - by Sarah Langan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 10/1/2007
ISBN: 9780060872915
ISBN-10: 0060872918
Schoolteacher Lois Larkin is suddenly single, but, through her tears, she
manages to take her fourth grade class on a field trip to Bedford, Maine, a town
destroyed by an environmental catastrophe (see The Missing for details)--but
perhaps it would have been best if she'd just called in sick. One of the kids
happens upon a contagious plague that transforms its victims into something
violent and inhuman...and ravenous. Publishers Weekly says The Missing "recalls,
in the best way possible, the early work of Stephen King;" go grab this New
York Times editor's choice book if you've been hungering for such a tale.
First Chapter
Eat the Dark: A Novel - by Joe Schreiber
Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 10/16/2007
ISBN: 9780345487506
ISBN-10: 0345487508
It's the final night of operation for Tanglewood Memorial Hospital, and the
facility has a skeleton crew in place for what should be a boring evening. But
one last patient will make shutting down the old place more of a challenge than
anyone could dream--and make getting out alive almost impossible. Infamous
serial killer Frank Snow is brought in for a brain MRI, escapes his guards, and
begins an all-out assault on the staff, including a security guard and
his visiting wife and son. If you like fast-paced horror tales that remind you
of slasher films, Eat the Dark is just what the doctor ordered.
Focus on: Doctor! Doctor!
Coma - by Robin Cook
Publisher: Signet
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 11/1/2002
ISBN: 9780451207395
ISBN-10: 0451207394
Readers who enjoy medical thrillers should recognize Robin Cook's name--the man
practically invented the genre. In Coma, Cook's first novel, beautiful and
talented 23-year-old medical student Susan Wheeler thinks it's odd that so many
patients at the teaching hospital where she works end up in comas after
basic surgeries. Is it simple negligence or is something much more sinister
going on at Boston Memorial? Her superiors tell her to drop the subject, but
Susan is compelled to learn the truth. Combining suspense, fear, and intrigue
with plotlines drawn from his own medical expertise, Cook produces page-turners
that are to die for.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - by Jack Finney
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 4/1/1998
ISBN: 9780684852584
ISBN-10: 0684852586
Did you ever think that the people around you aren't quite themselves--that
even though they look and act the same, there's something just a bit off about
them? That's just what happens in Mill Valley, California. Everything appears
normal to Dr. Miles Bennell, except for the fact that there's a mass epidemic
of people who think that their family and friends aren't really who they appear
to be. Is this mass hysteria of some sort? Or could someone--or something--be
taking over people's bodies? Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a classic that was
first published in 1955 and was the basis for the popular 1956 film (as
well as a few remakes), can be read and enjoyed time and time again.
Mary Reilly - by Valerie Martin
Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 4/1/2001
ISBN: 9780375725999
ISBN-10: 0375725997
Fans of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson who also enjoy
well-written, complex stories would do well to check out author Valerie Martin's
Mary Reilly. Escaping a life of brutal childhood abuse at the hands of her
father, Mary Reilly takes a position as the housemaid of Dr. Jekyll and develops
feelings for him. But the arrival of a violent new assistant, Mr. Hyde, marks
the beginning of a series of strange events that change everything. Mary
Reilly was a 1990 Nebula Award finalist and a 1991 World Fantasy Award
finalist. Note: Do not judge this book by the Julia Roberts' movie based on it!
Creature - by John Saul
Publisher: Bantam Books
Check Library Catalog
Pub Date: 11/1/1996
ISBN: 9780553284119
ISBN-10: 0553284118
Ellen and Blake Tanner, along with their son, Mark, move to the smallish
company town of Silverdale, Colorado. Everything there is wonderful, indeed it
all seems too good to be true...and it turns out that it is. Mark, a skinny,
barely 5-foot-tall high schooler, suddenly bulks up after training at the
company-owned facility where Dr. Martin Ames "assists" the school football team
with injections. But the shots do more than just give Mark muscles... First
published in 1989, John Saul's Creature is an especially timely read for 2008
as more and more reports of steroid use by athletes, both amateur and
professional,
are in the headlines.
Other related posts:
- » [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Horror February 2008
