The Mall

by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Book Overview

A tale of terror from the author of Vampire and Fatal Secrets. At first Trish thinks the guy hanging around Muffin Mania, where she works at the mall, is just a creepy customer. But suddenly he's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671709585
• ISBN13: 9780671709587
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Book Description

Because there is not a book description for this book, I am going to write what it says on the back of the book, then I will tell you my opinion of the book: "Trish smiles into the dressing-room mirror, admiring herself in the gorgeous white dress. Unknown to her, someone else is satching. He knows she is smiling just for him. His soft, strange voice whispers her name from the crowd. His hooded eyes follow her every move.... At first she thinks he's just a creepy customer, hanging around Muffin Mania where she works at the mall. But suddenly he's everywhere, the man with a thousand faces tormenting her day and night. He knows her secrets. There's no safe place to hide. There's no one she can tell, no one she can trust. How can she escape a madman willing to kill to make her his--forevermore." This is one of the first books that I ever read by Cusick, and I liked it a lot. Trish works at the local mall with her friends Nita and Imogene. There she meets two guys, Wyatt and Storm. She kindof has this thing for Storm, but she can't trust anyone, and he seems mysterious. The reason she can't trust anyone is because there is a weird mysterious guy following her around in the mall, and other places as well. Trish starts to become paranoid, and she has good reason to. She even gets hurt by this weirdo. Read this book to find out what happens, and you won't regret it! The ending is surprising! Richie Tankersley Cusick has got to be my favorite author. I have loved every book that I have read by her. I know many other people love her books as well, and I don't understand why her books are not being printed anymore! It's so hard to find them! Here are the other great books that I have read by this author: The Lifeguard Vampire Someone at the Door Trick or Treat Overdue The Drifter Scarecrow Silent Stalker, which isn't as good as the others, but it is still pretty good.

Wonderful!

This is the second book I read by RTC, after Silent Stalker, and after both have ranked on my most favorite books, I've definitely become a fan of this author. I just finished reading this book a half an hour ago. The story revolves around Trish, a pretty average teen who works in Muffin Mania at the mall (where her two best friends work as well), is forced to endure a pretty nasty manager Bethany, views the gorgeous Storm Reynalds who works at the pizza place across from her as unattainable and possible a big flirt. Ever since she began working at the mall, however, someone has been watching her, planning. It starts with a weird customer, then a chilling phonecall, and she goes from being fairly freaked out to viewing this situation as absurd and not happening after an encounter at night with a "security guard" and a dead body that's dissappeared the next day. Someones stalking her, and as the story enravels you can really feel her desperation an urgency. As she starts to access and trying to figure out motives of the people around her--you can't help but try to as well. It left me guessing throughout.I'm very fond of Trish's character, which is definitely a must with me. A story looses its status with me if I can't admire or feel for the character. I definitely loved the supporting characters as well, from her two best friends (sisters who couldn't be more opposite of each other) to Storm and another guy Wyatt--who I was intrigued by but could never figure out his connection till the end :) The ending wound everything up great. I definitely recommend this book!

My FAVORITE!!!

This is THE BEST book I have EVER read. I'm 13, and the book that got me hooked on Cusick was Someone at the Door, another great book. In The Mall, my favorite characters are Wyatt and Storm, because of what they turn out to be in the end and because, when together, they say great sarcastic one-liners (which are my specialty). I also like "Athan", the way he's so pervertedly obsessed with Trish and how he actually lives IN the mall. That was cool.

The best book EVER!!!!

This is my absolute favorite book of all time. My favorite characters are Trish and Storm, Nita and Wyatt. But the real reason I love this book is because of 'Athan'. All his disguises all of his many faces. You'll most likely get all wrapped up in this novel, just as I did.

Fantastic!!!!

Great storyline!!! What an idea! Whoever thought working at a mall could actually be the least bit dangerous? I suspected a lot of different people throughout all of this, but when those of you who haven't read it yet, read it, you'll begin to see why. In this particular story, my fav characters had to be Trish and Storm. One is not at all what they're made out to be. I was surprised. Some classic sarcastic humor also throughout. Really, great though!!!!!