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The Thing At The Door. HENRY SLESAR

The Thing At The Door.

HENRY SLESAR

Other works by HENRY SLESAR

Publication: Hamish Hamilton, 1975, London

First U.K. edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Oddly enough, this book started life as a screenplay. It was written for Warner Bros. a long time ago (Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth) They never produced a picture, but I produced a novel. On more than one occasion it almost became a movie again (at least for TV). It's been sold extensively abroad, but I've always had a strong desire to see it dramatized. Well, who knows? Henry Slesar, 4/25/90." Fine in dust jacket. 20TH Century Crime and Mystery Writers says, "...Slesar's last and perhaps most popular mystery, is not without the typical trappings of crime fiction: a clue, a sinister murderer, a motive, and an investigator. Slesar quickly reveals the clue to "the thing," the murderer, and the motive. Slesar's self-employed private eye, Steve Tyner, works hard to solve the conspiracy, but in Slesar's fictional method the reader is usually one step ahead of our hero. The reader thus plays an active role in the book, beginning in the opening pages when Cousin Piers compels the horror-stricken child, Gail Gunnerson, to look upon the ugly man in black, the "thing." A psychological drama of suspense. Will the pretty heiress remain sane, or will the villain drive her insane?

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