Dead in the Water
Author: Holder, Nancy
ISBN: 9780440614074
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1995
Pages: 428
Format: Paperback / softback
b>From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nancy Holder comes a chilling novel of horror on the sea. i>This is how it will be when you drown. . . ./i>/b>br>br> At a sun-washed dock in Long Beach, California, the creaky freighter, i>Morris, /i>loaded with brightly colored boxcars, takes on passengers. Among the vacationers- a disgruntled yuppie couple, a child stricken by cancer, a woman searching for her lost husband, and a female cop packing a .38 and bitter memories of a boy who drowned before her eyes.br>br> In seas of love and blood they will drown, one at a time. And for their company, they will have those who have drowned before them-and those who have received a message in a bottle. . . .br>br> b>Praise for i>Dead in the Water/i>/b>br>br> "i>Dead in the Water /i>is saturated with brooding, claustrophobic, hallucinatory menace. Nancy Holder's vivid voice and sharp characterization make it all real. I'm never going on a boat again!"b>-Poppy Z. Brite/b>br> br> "i>Dead in the Water /i>is an involving and truly frightening book. This is the kind of horror that gets underneath your skin and works its way into your soul. Real terror . . . for those daring enough to take the trip. I enjoyed it immensely."b>-Rick Hautala/b>br> br> "Nancy Holder proves why she's an award-winning author. Eerie-effective-excellent! A chilling combination of i>Lifeboat, Ship of Fools, /i>and John Carpenter's i>The Fog, Dead in the Water /i>keeps you treading water with every page, gasping for breath, sucking you under. A nightmare cruise into black waters and terrifying depths."b>-Lisa Cantrell/b>br> br> "I'd feel safer in the water with i>Jaws/i>."b>-Brian Lumley/b>br> br> "A nasty tale well told, infused with the eerily surreal quality of fevered nightmares. Discovering Nancy Holder is like finding a vein of true horror gold."b>-Cheri Scotch/b>br> br> "Man the lifeboats. Don your life jacket. Nancy Holder takes you on a cruise you won't soon forget. Scary stuff."b>-Maxine O'Callaghan/b>br> br> "I couldn't put it down! A whale of a tale. A page-turner-the first sentence will hook you and what follows will reel you in. i>Dead in the Water /i>is fast-paced and exciting, mysterious and spooky!"b>-Chris Curry/b>br> br> "Nancy Holder enshrouds fascinating characters within a chilling atmosphere and creates a relentless tale of terror at sea. Holder is one of my favorite writers."b>-Elizabeth Massie/b>
ISBN: 9780440614074
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1995
Pages: 428
Format: Paperback / softback
b>From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nancy Holder comes a chilling novel of horror on the sea. i>This is how it will be when you drown. . . ./i>/b>br>br> At a sun-washed dock in Long Beach, California, the creaky freighter, i>Morris, /i>loaded with brightly colored boxcars, takes on passengers. Among the vacationers- a disgruntled yuppie couple, a child stricken by cancer, a woman searching for her lost husband, and a female cop packing a .38 and bitter memories of a boy who drowned before her eyes.br>br> In seas of love and blood they will drown, one at a time. And for their company, they will have those who have drowned before them-and those who have received a message in a bottle. . . .br>br> b>Praise for i>Dead in the Water/i>/b>br>br> "i>Dead in the Water /i>is saturated with brooding, claustrophobic, hallucinatory menace. Nancy Holder's vivid voice and sharp characterization make it all real. I'm never going on a boat again!"b>-Poppy Z. Brite/b>br> br> "i>Dead in the Water /i>is an involving and truly frightening book. This is the kind of horror that gets underneath your skin and works its way into your soul. Real terror . . . for those daring enough to take the trip. I enjoyed it immensely."b>-Rick Hautala/b>br> br> "Nancy Holder proves why she's an award-winning author. Eerie-effective-excellent! A chilling combination of i>Lifeboat, Ship of Fools, /i>and John Carpenter's i>The Fog, Dead in the Water /i>keeps you treading water with every page, gasping for breath, sucking you under. A nightmare cruise into black waters and terrifying depths."b>-Lisa Cantrell/b>br> br> "I'd feel safer in the water with i>Jaws/i>."b>-Brian Lumley/b>br> br> "A nasty tale well told, infused with the eerily surreal quality of fevered nightmares. Discovering Nancy Holder is like finding a vein of true horror gold."b>-Cheri Scotch/b>br> br> "Man the lifeboats. Don your life jacket. Nancy Holder takes you on a cruise you won't soon forget. Scary stuff."b>-Maxine O'Callaghan/b>br> br> "I couldn't put it down! A whale of a tale. A page-turner-the first sentence will hook you and what follows will reel you in. i>Dead in the Water /i>is fast-paced and exciting, mysterious and spooky!"b>-Chris Curry/b>br> br> "Nancy Holder enshrouds fascinating characters within a chilling atmosphere and creates a relentless tale of terror at sea. Holder is one of my favorite writers."b>-Elizabeth Massie/b>
