Cuts

Many people have a hobby that verges on obsession. Albert Prince’s obsession happens to be cutting people, especially pretty girls. There’s nothing he loves more than breaking into a stranger’s house and letting his imagination―and his knife―run wild. Albert’s on the run now, heading cross-country, but he’s not about to stop having fun…

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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