Scare Tactics

By Elizabeth Manz

A chilling cross between The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Needful Things, Scare Tactics delves into the world of successful horror author Nick Cross. After the murder of Nick's wife five years ago,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312957920
• ISBN13: 9780312957926
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Read late into the night...

I was up late finishing this one off. I think what I liked best was that it felt like an old-fashioned spooky movie to me. Good scares -- not gross or graphic like so many books can be today. Plus I really enjoyed the characters. I felt for the father -- Nick Cross -- with his deep guilt over his wife's death and his fears for his son. The bad guy -- Thomas Bevin -- was just fun. Smart and evil, never a good combination. So if you're looking for a spooky, fast-moving read, this is the book for you!

What scares the hell out of *you*?

"Scare Tactics" is bone-chilling and creepy. Without much ado it grabs you by its deadly fascination right from the start and will not let you go until you turn to the final page. With colourful descriptions, which will vivily live in your imagination for some time, Elizabeth Manz manages to draw the reader into this world of fear, suspense and horror. I worked out theories what might happen on the next page but I was wrong all the time. A powerful language carries on with the story, makes you suffer with and fear for the main characters. "Scare Tactics" is excatly that what the title promises. I highly recommend this book simly because it scared the hell out of *me*.

This one will keep you up all night!

Ms. Manz has got a clean style and powerful sense of structure. Fast paced and full of twists, you'll have a hard time setting SCARE TACTICS aside until the very end. I was up all night finishing off this slick thriller.