Alarums: Dangerous visions abound in this gripping horror novel

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'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King

Beautiful violinist Melanie Conway has visions of death, and when she collapses at a concert her boyfriend, Bodie, is there to hear her premonition.

Penelope Conway is even more stunning than her sister ... but her looks have attracted an obscene caller.

All three are drawn into a nightmare that is fired by sex and haunted by blood.

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Praise for Alarums

  • In Laymon's books, blood doesn't so much as drip as explode, splatter and coagulate - IndependentNo one writes like Laymon and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes - Dean KoontzA gut-crunching writer - Time OutA brilliant writer - Sunday ExpressIf you've missed Laymon you've missed a treat - Stephen KingThe author knows how to sock it to the reader - The Times

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Richard Laymon

Richard Laymon

Richard Laymon was born in Chicago in 1947 and grew up in California. Four of his books have been shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award, which he won in 2001 with THE TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW. Among his many acclaimed works of horror and suspense are THE STAKE, SAVAGE, AFTER MIDNIGHT and the four novels in the Beast House Chronicles: THE CELLAR, THE BEAST HOUSE, THE MIDNIGHT TOUR and FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAST HOUSE. He died in February 2001.

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