false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg 362856 2 Alex stared at the red pocketknife shown to him by his daughter. A pocketknife owned by somebody he hadn't seen in years... <P>-Children- <P>They met first in boarding school at age twelve. AlexFletcher, shy and scared. Darren Rust, always furiously scribbling away in a private journal. It was not an immediate friendship, but then one night Darren convinced his roommate to sneak off school grounds to see something glorious. There was a sleazy strip club, you see, and every once in a while the back door opened just long enough to maybe catch a quick glimpse... Though a bond was formed from their pre-pubescent interest in naked women, Darren had another interest. A morbid curiosity about death. A curiosity that turned into something much more sinister. <P>-Friends- <P>They crossed paths again in college and became the best of friends. But Darren wasn't just looking for a friend. He had dark, ghastly urges squirming around in his head, and he believed he saw the same things &#151; the urge to hurt, the urge to kill &#151; in Alex. He was looking for somebody who understood. A partner. But Alex could never become a monster. Not even when Darren tried to bring out his friend's most deeply buried feelings of rage. Not even when Darren tried to show him the euphoria of having that much power over another human being. It just couldn't happen...right? <P>-Enemies- <P>Now Alex has a wife and a daughter. And Darren is back. He's hiding. He's patient. His mind is twisted in the worst possible way. <P>And he's seeking a soul mate. 352941 1 8 2006 Pressure total:50|5:18|4:22|3:8|2:2|1:0| 50 206 79 13 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 5 0 false Fri May 15 15:30:45 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 15:30:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 5 0 false Fri May 15 15:28:50 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 15:29:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 3 0 true Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:26:23 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:26:59 -0700 2009
I feel sorry for the three bo...more...]]> 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 1 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:28:58 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:33:05 -0700 2009
Told from the viewpoint of Alex, we follow him through his life with his ...more...]]> 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 2 0 false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:29:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 17:51:36 -0700 2009
But the negatives overshadowed all that, at least for me. I couldn't get over my disbelief that Alex would choose to become close friends with Darren in college (even b...more...]]> 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 true Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:27:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:28:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 4 0 false Tue Jul 21 09:29:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:31:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:55:06 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:57:04 -0700 2009
Strand is also able to mix in a lot of humor with genuinely cringe-inducing violence.

Darren is a pretty well developed psychopath that manages to keep his object of torment (Alex) stuck in a paranoid 12 year ...more...]]> 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 5 0 false Tue Jun 09 14:12:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:13:40 -0700 2009 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:36:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:37:05 -0700 2009 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 5 1 false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:04:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 04:18:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 31 15:53:23 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 08 07:24:47 -0700 2009 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 true Sat Aug 29 08:32:27 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 14:54:18 -0700 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 4 0 false Mon Dec 07 13:08:05 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 13:08:05 -0800 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 17:57:47 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 17:57:47 -0800 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 5 0 false Sat Dec 05 17:56:01 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 17:56:01 -0800 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 17:31:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 17:31:54 -0800 2009 6462017 0843962534 9780843962536 19 9 4.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6462017-pressure 4 0 false Wed Nov 25 10:11:24 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 10:11:24 -0800 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 0 0 false Thu Nov 19 01:39:07 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 01:39:07 -0800 2009 362856 0976633949 9780976633945 31 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174107822m/362856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362856.Pressure 4 0 false Wed Nov 18 06:19:12 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 06:19:12 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=362856