As I always find thrillers boring, I can’t blame my boredom on the book itself; there were chases, escapes, an excruciatingly long scene about a fire, and a final showdown complete with ghosts trailing all their viscera. I'm not sure if the Finnish translations were better than the original, or if those books I read as a teenager were just better than this one.

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The next book in The Rats series written by author James Herbert was published under the title ‘Lair’. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. All in all a decent little horror novel; hardly in the same league as Stephen King but a tad better than the blood caked airport paperback fodder of yore. With a skillful blend of horror and thriller fiction, he explored the shaded territories of evil, evoking a sense of brooding menace and rising tension. His novels have sold more than forty-two million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-three languages, including Russian and Chinese.

horror seeping into his mind like poisonous tendrils, voilent acts that were hideously macabre, the thoughts becoming intense. to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity. I had read this book during the early months of the COVID-19 lockdown, but never got around to updating it on Goodreads. Indeed, Herbert has once again shifted his style of writing, adopting something between a supernatural mystery and a serial killer thriller – all with one heck of a bite when it gets the chance. Unlike before though, the killer in these visions is aware he is being watched and relishes the chance to perform.

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There was a card inside of it written to the last person who read it and clearly used as a bookmark.It makes sense but that just means we now have an unlikable main character surrounded on an island with other unlikeable characters. In 2010, he was honored with the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, which was presented to him by the popular author, Stephen King.