The Lake

When a teenage girl is terrorized by a madman out for blood, could it have something to do with what happened to her mother so long ago at the abandoned house out on the lake?

Publishers Weekly on The Lake

“White-hot pacing (with) rivers of blood…Memorable evocation of the fathomless mystery of the moonlit hours.”

Stephen King

“If you’ve missed Laymon, you’ve missed a treat!”

Dean Koontz

“No one writes like Laymon.”

Kirkus Reviews

“The master of stomach-churning violence.”

Horror World

“Laymon is, was, and always will be king of the hill.”

About the Author

Richard Laymon grew up in California and took a BA in English Literature from Willamette University, Oregon, and an MA from Loyola University, Los Angeles. He worked as a schoolteacher, a librarian and a mystery magazine editor before working full-time as a writer. He is the author of more than 30 novels and 65 short stories, which have been published in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier. A Bram Stoker and Science Fiction Chronicle Award–winning author, his novels have been translated into fifteen languages. He died in February 2001.

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