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If you open your house to strangers, who knows who might come in. And what they might be after. Or whom. Now, ponder the unthinkable and surrender to your darkest dread, as sinister storyteller extraordinaire John Saul weaves a heart-stopping tale of lurking terror and twisted intent. Every parent’s nightmare becomes reality for Kara Marshall when her daughter, Lindsay, vanishes from her bedroom during the night. The police suspect that the girl is just another moody teenage runaway, angry over leaving behind her school and friends because her family is moving. But Lindsay’s recent eerie claim–that someone invaded her room when the house was opened to prospective buyers–drives Kara to fear the worst: a nameless, faceless stalker has walked the halls of her home in search of more than a place to live. Patrick Shields recognizes Kara’s pain–and carries plenty of his own since he lost his wife and two children in a devastating house fire. But more than grief draws Patrick and Kara together. He, too, senses the hand of a malevolent stranger in this tragedy. And as more people go missing from houses up for sale, Patrick’s suspicion, like Kara’s, blooms into horrified certainty. Someone is trolling this peaceful community–undetected and undeterred–harvesting victims for a purpose no sane mind can fathom. Someone Kara and Patrick, alone and desperate, are determined to unmask. Someone who is even now watching, plotting, keeping a demented diary of unspeakable deeds . . . and waiting until the time is ripe for another fateful visit. From the Hardcover edition.

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Perfect Nightmare: A Novel

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I don’t think that the writing was great, or even good. But it was enough to not put me off completely. The concept of a killer that stalks his victims through the real estate ads was ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:06:46 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:09:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:58:34 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 08:53:59 -0800 2009
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Many people don't like John Saul much; even many horror fans pan his work as contrived tripe. I don't agree (except for Creature, which was so predictable that I stopped reading afte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 14 19:33:12 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 04 19:34:22 -0700 2008
Perfect Nightmare involves what is every parent’s perfect nightmare...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 06:52:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:27:38 -0700 2009 Very visual and chilling details would not recc reading alone at night!!]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 10:06:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 21:23:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:30:47 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:30:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 15 16:18:49 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 01:37:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 09:10:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:11:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 10:25:49 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:34:01 -0700 2008 Perfect Nightmare isn't one of my favorites, I haven't yet read a book of his that I didn't like. The premise of this story is extremely unsettling - a traumatic event in a young boy's life results in his becoming a pedophile a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 09:59:02 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:00:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:47:52 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 09:49:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 10 14:31:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 14:32:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 20:06:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 20:06:10 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 09 21:42:45 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 21:46:42 -0800 2008 more...]]>