© 1997 by Leisure Book
ISBN: 0-8439-5180-X
438 pp.
From the book cover – “Alice has quite a story to tell you. That’s not her real name, of course. She couldn’t give her real name, not after all the things she reveals about herself in this book. All of her … adventures. And all that killing. She wouldn’t want the police to find her, now would she?
It started out so nice. Alice was house-sitting for her friend, enjoying having the whole place to herself, with the sunken bathtub and big-screen television. But everything went wrong that first night, when she looked out the window and saw a strange man jumping naked into the swimming pool. Alice just knew he would be coming to get her, like all those other men before. But she would never be a victim again. Not after she remembered the old Civil War saber hanging in the living room …”
Oh … my… God! This book is one of those that genuinely gives you the creeps and makes you get up and pull your curtains and check your locks. Have you ever gotten up to lock the door and been SURE someone was just on the other side? That’s the feeling I got from reading the first chapter. No spooks, no aliens, no four-legged creatures … just real people who can sometimes be real monsters.
I have to say this author has quite the imagination, even more so than King or Koontz. Alice is her own worst enemy making herself scared which causes the death of the first person. Then she tries to cover that death up and one thing leads to another and another. The methods of death in the book are very graphic and made me squirm at times but I loved the book. I have another Laymon book to read next, Dark Mountain. I hope it’s just as good.
I borrowed the books from my sister who shares my taste in books. Thanks Anne.
2 comments:
Cats - they'll put up with just anything for a spot in the sun, won't they? I once got sick of mine getting on my bed with dirty paws, so one morning as I went to work, I moved my eiderdown to the top of the typewriter on top of my desk. When I got to work I got a phone call to say my cat was now on top of the eiderdown on top of the typewriter on top of my desk.
Buddy never laid on my desk but she did seek out a sunny spot. I still miss her sitting by my desk. I have Cooper now and he sleeps in his bed on the floor by me but it's not the same.
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