The Crying Child

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar® Awards in 1998, and given The Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic in 2003. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland. Klappentext Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island, Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge?and her insistence that she has heard an eerie, childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of the source of the heartrending moans. But it's not just her sister's encroaching madness that is chilling Joanne's blood?it's her own. Because suddenly, impossibly, she also hears the crying child. Zusammenfassung Joanne McMullen's fears for her sister's sanity have brought her to remote King's Island! Maine. Mary's grief over the loss of her child is threatening to send her over the edge—and her insistence that she has heard an eerie! childlike wailing in the woods fuels Joanne's anxiety. And now Mary's taken to disappearing at midnight in search of the source of the heartrending moans. But it's not just her sister's encroaching madness that is chilling Joanne's blood—it's her own. Because suddenly! impossibly! she also hears the crying child.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Michaels, Barbara/ Peters Michaels, Elizabeth Peters
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.08.2007
• EAN: 9780060828608
• ISBN: 978-0-06-082860-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 171 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Romance / Paranormal / General, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Occult & Supernatural, FICTION: Thrillers / Supernatural, FICTION: Thrillers / Domestic, FICTION: Horror, FICTION: Gothic