Where something lurks waiting in the dark.

It's a need that finds them at last in an old abandoned house at night, a house reputed to be haunted, where phantom lights burn in broken windows. And gradually becomes the fourth member of the group - the poor relation. For Casey the thrill's the thing and the riskier the better. She's not opposed to stealing caviar or cars or running around naked in graveyards. The most daring of the three is a beautiful, troubled girl named Casey. When the college kids arrive, that changes. He works in a lumberyard hauling two-by-fours and furring around all day with a forklift. Dan's a local and didn't get a chance to go to college. So that when a trio of friends, rich college kids, arrive there on a forced march with their parents for summer vacation they have to make their own amusements. Even now, sixty-odd years later, there's not much to do, not much going on. The Great Depression hit hard and never let go. Not ever.Dead River's a sleepy little town on the coast of Maine without much going for it. Games you might even want to play yourself if you're with the right people. I don't believe in omens, but I think you can know when you're in trouble.Thus begins Jack Ketchum's riveting second novel Hide and Seek. HIDE AND SEEK by Jack Ketchum - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKCemetary Dance : Baltimore 2000 First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread, flawless dustjacket, signed by author. His stories are collected in The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard and Broken on the Wheel of Sex. Games you might even want to play yourself if. He has written many novels, including The Girl Next Door, Off Season, and Stranglehold. Hide and Seek, by Jack Ketchum (Unabridged)Hide and Seek is a book about games. His short story The Box won a 1994 Bram Stoker Award from the HWA. He personally disagrees but is perfectly happy to let you decide for yourself. His first novel, Off Season, prompted the Village Voice to publicly scold its publisher in print for publishing violent pornography. He is also a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 Elvis, dinosaurs, and horror probably saved his life.

Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk.

Hide and Seek by Jack Ketchum