Apartment 16

ISBN-13: 9781447263395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 459 str.

Adam Nevill

Opis

Some doors are better left closed a sophisticated, spine-chilling horror novel from the author of Last DaysIn Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in andno one comes out, and it's been that way for50 years, untilthe night awatchman hears a disturbance after midnight and is drawn to investigate. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever.Soon after, ayoung American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She's been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian who died in strange circumstances. Rumors claim Lillian was mad, but her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago. Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building, and that the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying."

Recenzje

Nevill proves himself to be a first-rate literary bogeyman . . . a gloriously gruesome fever dream SFX

O autorze

Described as 'Britain's answer to Stephen King' by the Guardian, Adam Nevill is one of the UK's best horror writers. He was born in Birmingham in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the supernatural horror novels Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, House of Small Shadows,No One Gets Out Alive and Lost Girl as well as The Ritual and Last Days, which both won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel, and the RUSA for Best in Category: Horror. Adam lives in Birmingham.