Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
A chilling, only-too-topical thriller from the award-winning author of THE RED SCREAM and ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN. Eleven Texan schoolchildren and their bus driver are captured by a fundamentalist cult, taken to a fortified compound and buried underground, kept alive but only just. Negotiations lead nowhere. Enter Molly Cates, tenacious crime writer with the inside track on the cult leader. But time is running out...Claustrophobic terror alternates with frenzied investigations as the sect's deadline approaches. Post-Waco, post-Oklahoma, the nature of cults is explored to its grim, unrelenting limits in this terrifically paced novel of suspense.
'Nail-biting suspense from the first page, masterfully extended to the last ' Kirkus Reviews 'A knockout novelWith unerring pacing... Walker leads up to her superbly orchestrated final act, which will leave readers cheering, weeping and gasping for breath' Publishers Weekly 'An instant classic in mystery and suspense. The best chiller-thriller of the year' James Patterson 'A kidnap story of rare intensity and mounting tension' Irish Times
Mary Willis Walker won an Agatha for her first novel (which was also nominated for the Macavity and the Edgar) and the prestigious Edgar with her second, THE RED SCREAM. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006498285 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006498280 |
| Title | Under the Beetle's Cellar |
| Author | Mary Willis Walker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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