Morningstar - Hardcover

Peter Atkins

3.03

87 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002239086 ISBN 13: 9780002239080

Publisher: Collins, 1992

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

1st edition 1st printing fine hardcover book & fine (as new) dw (dust jacket), as new In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Peter Atkins is also the author of Big Thunder (first US edition forthcoming from Infrapress) and, as screenwriter, three of the Hellraiser movies and Wishmaster.

From Publishers Weekly:

Atkins's background as a writer of artistic splatter moviesAhe worked on the first Wishmaster film and three Hellraiser filmsAis obvious in this fast-paced but disjointed horror-suspense novel, first published in the U.K. in 1992 and now receiving its U.S. debut as the launch title for Stealth Press. A serial killer who signs the word Morningstar in the blood of his decapitated victims is stalking the streets of San Francisco. Donovan Moon, a flat-broke freelance journalist, gets a tip from a friend that Morningstar's crimes are marked by one other notable detail: his victims are all staked through the heart, killed as legend says vampires must be slain. A fortuitous phone call takes Moon to the penthouse apartment of Jonathan Frost, highly respected real estate developerAwho also claims to be Morningstar, aka Matador (the Spanish for "slayer"). Frost dreams of a hunter on his trail, and fears he will not survive their meeting. He offers Moon $50,000 to write his life story if he dies. Overall, the text reads more like a film outline than a novel, but Atkins knows how to tell a story and keeps this one thrumming with tension. Devotees of dark suspense will find it to their liking, and it's a good bet for the big screen. (Nov.) FYI: Stealth Press, which launched on November 1, offers high-quality bound books sold direct from publisher to reader on the Web. Other November 2000 Stealth releases include reprints of Peter Straub's Under Venus, Robert Vaughan's The Valkyrie Mandate and Robert H. Fowler's Jim Mundy.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.