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Zusatztext PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS: 'No one writes like Laymon and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes' Dean Koontz 'This author knows how to sock it to the reader' The Times! If you've missed Laymon you've missed a treat' Stephen King! 'A brilliant writer' Sunday Express· 'AMONG THE MISSING is strikingly different. From the chilling opening...we are plunged into a disturbing world of twisted psychopathology' The Times 'In Laymon's books! blood doesn't so much drip drip as explode! splatter and coagulate' Independent 'Stephen King without a conscience' Dan Marlowe 'A gut-crunching writer' Time Out 'An uncanny grasp of just what makes characters work...readers turn the pages so fast they leave burn marks on the paper' Horrorstruck 'Incapable of writing a disappointing book' New York Review of Science Fiction 'One of the best and most reliable writers working today' Afraid 'Laymon's biggest strength is that he is able to provide lighthearted fun and disturb at the same time' Fear 'He's got a knack for creating characters you care about' Cemetery Dance 'There's not a crime novelist around who writes cleaner prose than Laymon - and few who can jack up the tension the way he does...Laymon likes to grasp readers by the neck with expert word-smithery! then haul them into a diabolical situation...once again! Laymon offers unexpected! well-rounded characters blown about in a narrative that moves like the wind.' Publishers Weekly 'A grisly cocktail of horror! murder and mayhem laced with Laymon's distinct blend of black humour. Great stuff.' Yorkshire Evening Press 'Richard Laymon doesn't disappoint with his latest offering.' Peterborough Evening Telegraph ''So fastpaced you find yourself reading it at the speed of a bullet from a gun...a rollercoaster ride of fear' Peterborough Evening Telegraph Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext FICTION / Horror A haunting novel of love, loss...and flesh-eating trolls, from the undisputed master of the macabre Zusammenfassung A haunting novel of love, loss...and flesh-eating trolls, from the undisputed master of the macabre...
