Crawlspace Author:Herbert Lieberman Like The Collector and Deliverance, CRAWLSPACE starts deceptively quietly and mounts with chilling excitement into an extraordinary story of menace and growing terror. — At its center are Alice and Albert Graves, a charming, civilized couple who have retired to the country after Albert suffered two heart attacks.They read, garden, live quietly. — ... more »The novel begins on the day a young man comes to repair the oil heater. Touched by a shy, poignant quality in him, they invite him to stay for dinner.
Several weeks later they become aware that mysterious things are happening in their house?there are odd noises in this formerly quiet sanctuary, objects strangely disappear, and there is a sense of alarm in the air. And then they realize that Richard Atlee has secretly returned and taken up residence with them. Not in the house. But in their crawlspace?a dank, narrow area in the basement, between the foundations and the house.