Lot Lizards - Hardcover

Garton, Ray

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ISBN 10: 0929480597 ISBN 13: 9780929480596

Publisher: Mark V Ziesing, 1991

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A "lot lizard" is a female hooker who works a highway truck stop as her territory. When trucker Bill Ketter looks for a little relaxation and release, he discovers, too late, that he has bitten off more than he can chew. In fact, his lot lizard is the one that does the biting--she is a vampire, one of number who move from one truck stop to the next under the watchful and vicious eyes of the repulsive Carsey Brothers. Against his will, Bill becomes one of the undead. He follows the brothers and their cargo to another stop where he meets his ex-wife and children and Bill finds himself battling the vampires and their age-old leader for the life of his teenaged son. Garton has created another small masterpiece, contemporary adult horror at its most gruesome and loaded with extras doses of sex and gore. The confined setting creates a perfect claustrophobic stage for the story and the hellaciously quick pace never lets the action slow down.

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About the Author:

Ray Garton is the author of sixty books, including horror novels such as the Bram Stoker Award–nominated Live Girls, Crucifax, Lot Lizards, and The Loveliest Dead; thrillers like Sex and Violence in Hollywood, Murder Was My Alibi, and Trade Secrets; and seven short story collections. He has also written several movie and TV tie-ins and a number of young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke. In 2006, he received the Grand Master of Horror Award. He lives in northern California with his wife.

From Library Journal:

When trucker Bill Ketter dallies with a lot lizard (a young female hooker working the truck stops), he gets a bit more than he bargained for. The "lizard" is a vampire, one of several hauled from stop to stop by the repulsive Carsey Brothers, and against his will Bill becomes one of the undead. Following the brothers and their cargo to another stop where he meets his ex-wife and children, Bill finds himself battling the vampires and their age-old leader for the life of his teenaged son. Garton has crafted a nifty contemporary adult horror novel with perhaps more sex and gore than usual for the genre. Its single setting provides the right claustrophobic stage for the episodic story; however, the quick pace works against the reader's empathizing with the characters, and some of the action seems anticlimactic. Nevertheless, horror fans will find much to savor in this offbeat but effective thriller. For large genre collections.
- Eric W. Johnson, Teikyo Post Univ. Lib., Waterbury, Ct.
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