In The Chill a distraught young man hires private investigator Lew Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime writer.
When Mark Ross, Superintendent/Manager of Whitehorse Lodge receives an anonymous call that the cable cars are mysteriously running during the off-season, he reluctantly heads to the mountain to check it out and finds something he never imagined in his wildest dreamsthe body of Jack Drake, his former Father-in-law and owner of the lodge inside one of the cars. Drakes beautiful but spoiled daughter, Andrea Drake Ross, is seething because her ex-husband is still on the lodges payroll and he has become Daddys pet. Hal Carter, co-owner and Drake may have been partners but they certainly werent friends. Hal feels obligated to help Andrea out of a sticky mess and wonders if he may need her help later if his secret ever surfaces. Detective Jason White is asked to investigate what appears to be a cold-blooded murder. He suspects greed and desperation as possible motives. Jason and his wife Caroline are plunged into a terrifying, life threatening situation during their quest for justice. As the complex mountain murder is unraveled someone makes it their mission to stop them, no matter what it takes. A thrilling tale of a mountain murder mystery guaranteed to send a chill up your spine.
National Bestseller A supernatural force—set in motion a century ago—threatens to devastate New York City in this “terrific horror/suspense/disaster novel” that “grips from the first page” (Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Far upstate, in New York’s ancient forests, a drowned village lays beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th century, the town was destroyed for the greater good: bringing water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that’s what the politicians from Manhattan insisted at the time. The local families, settled there since America’s founding, were forced from their land, but some didn’t leave… Now, a century later, the repercussions of human arrogance are finally making themselves known. An inspector assigned to oversee the dam, dangerously neglected for decades, witnesses something inexplicable. It turns out that more than the village was left behind in the waters of the Chill when it was abandoned. A dark prophecy remained, too, and the time has come for it to be fulfilled—for sacrifices must be made. And as the dark waters begin to inexorably rise, the demand for a fresh sacrifice emerges from the deep… “A must read for fans of eerie, gripping storytelling” (Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author), The Chill is “a creepy tale of supernatural terror” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
