Author: Peter Straub Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Horror, Award winners, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
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ISBNs: 9780451179180 9780525935032 0451179188 0525935037 |
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Peter Straub's chilling Blue Rose Trilogy comes to an astonishing close'secrets unearthed, demons revisited, and mysteries solved. The Throat. Tim Underhill, now an acclaimed novelist, travels back to his hometown of Millhaven, Illinois after he gets a call from John Ransom, an old army buddy. Ransom believes there's a copycat killer on the loose, mimicking the Blue Rose murders from decades earlier'he thinks his wife could be a potential victim. Underhill seeks out his old friend Tom Pasmore, an aging hermit who has attained minor celebrity as an expert sleuth, to help him investigate. They quickly discover that Millhaven is a town plagued by horrifying secrets and there is a twisted killer on the loose who is far more dangerous than they ever imagined. Expertly tying together the events of Koko and Mystery, The Throat proves Peter Straub to be the master of the suspense novel.
This book is part of the "Blue Rose Trilogy" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Mystery" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Koko" First published in 1988 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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