Amazon comIn a Rosemary's Baby meets Hansel and Gretel thriller, John Saul's Midnight Voices is packed with bump-in-the-night chills that will frighten and delight readers with its nostalgic nod to urban legends and campfire tales With short, edgy chapters and all-too-vivid imagery, Midnight Voices begs to be enjoyed in one sitting, in the dark, озщыб huddled on the corner of your couch As usual in Saul's world, strange things are afoot in the city, and the Evans family is the target At the heart of this spooky tale are the children, Laurie and Ryan Evans, who are unwittingly exposed to danger when their recently widowed mother marries widower Anthony Fleming The too-good-to-be-anything-but-evil Fleming lives in the Rockwell, a building rumored to be inhabited by witches and vampires, that has the children in the neighborhood terrified: "Amber's eyes were still fixed on the building They were just stories, she told herself once again They weren't true But even as she silently spoke the words to herself, a strange chill of apprehension ran through her and she turned away I'll die, she thought If I go in there, I'll die " Of course, the newly married Caroline does not share the anxiety of her children, despite Fleming's Bluebeard-like determination to keep everyone out of his study, not to mention the horrible whispers and strange sounds coming from empty rooms in the middle of the night It is this tension, and Caroline's dawning realization of her new husband's shortcomings, that drives the novel to its startling conclusion Saul uses familiar horror images--an ancient building with even older residents, creepy neighbors that are not quite right, whispers in your room after midnight--to spin a new tale of evil that will remind readers why one should always leave the closet light on --Daphne DurhamBook DescriptionCaroline Evans, a recently widowed mother of two, thinks things have finally fallen into place when she meets the charismatic Anthony Fleming They are quickly married and she and her two children move into his luxury apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West Despite her son's misgivings about the building and the people who dwell there, Caroline dismisses the oddities of their new neighbors as pleasant eccentricities Until things begin to change And behind the luxury and beauty of The Rockwell lurks a secret that Caroline can't possibly imagine Download Description What if insidious evil flourished in the one place where you feel most safe? The chilling answer comes from New York Times bestselling master of suspense John Saul -- in a new novel that reminds you there is no place like home for sheer terror The sudden tragic death of her husband leaves Caroline Evans alone in New York City to raise an eleven-year-old son and a twelve-year-old daughter on little money and even less hope But then she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, who wins her heart andembraces her children When Caroline settles her family into Anthony's spacious apartment on Manhattan's Central Park West, her fears of an uncertain future give way to a sense of abundant happiness But soon, new terrors will come home to roost in the luxurious, exclusive building named The Rockwell Midnight voices whisper of a cruel and hungry presence First, Caroline's daughter begins to suffer from recurring nightmares of strangers in her room at night Then her son turns sullen at home and angry at school, spreading terrifying rumors about the stepfather who has shown him nothing but kindness And when Caroline discover a startling secret about Anthony's past, it seems she, too, is falling victim to the creeping paranoia infecting her family Should she doubt her perfect husband, their kindly fellow tenants, or her own sanity? Does someone -- or something -- in her new home have sinister designs on Caroline and her children? Is her new life charmed or cursed?. Составитель:2004 г ISBN 1593351895.