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Author: Peter Straub

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Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780451168696 - ISBN-10: 0451168690
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 560


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette

Book Description:
On the tiny Caribbean island of Mill Walk, the rich play tennis, polo and golf, trying to ignore the distasteful realities of life. So when Tom Pasmore, the grandson of a powerful establishment figure, develops a passion for detective work - particularly murder cases - his reputation undergoes a subtle darkening. One murder in particular fascinates Tom - the 1925 killing of Jeanine Thielman at Eagle Lake, a resort patronized only by the cream of the island's upper crust community. But when he starts investigating the case, Tom arouses much more than mere disapproval. On the edge of a web of corruption, deceit and violence, he is in danger of uncovering the darkest secrets of the people who own and run Mill Walk.

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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Loretta H. (Ravenz) wrote on 2/27/2009...


One of the better horror/crime novel that I have ever read,, I read this book in a evening I could not put it down...A great book to read

Tom S. (SutterTom) wrote on 12/2/2006...


A gripping horror/crime novel about a young boy, an old man & a beautiful women caught up in a labyrinth tale of family relationships & murder.

Barbara (badhabit) - Milton, FL wrote on 11/13/2006...


Vey good read, edge of your seat...A young boy passed beyond the pale of death and returned with no answers-except chilling clues to the ultimate mystery...An old man spent his life solving mysteries until he wanted to knownothing more of the terror of life and the horror of death..girl-for whom sex hheld no mystery but whose fate was a question mark-was caught in a whirlpool of forces beyond her control...Each was aprey to the intrigue that shadowed them, and al the others in their trendy world of wealth, power and pleasuree-an evil that reaches out from the abyss of the past to haunt the present and claim the living...

Elsa J. wrote on 7/3/2006...


A young boy passed beyond the pale of death, and old man wanted to know nothing more of the terror of life and the horror of death, a beautiful girl who was caught in forces beyond her control. Each of them were prey to the intrigue that overshadowed them...........an evil that reached out from the abyss of the past to haunt the present......

Linda P. (katknit) wrote on 7/13/2005...


An offbeat sort of book, rated as horror but more a murder mystery.


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