Hide and Seek is a book about games. Reckless, dangerous games. Games you might even want to play yourself if you're with the right people. But shouldn't. Not ever...
Dead River's a sleepy little town on the coast of Maine without much going for it. The Great Depression hit hard and never let go. Even now, sixty-odd years later, there's not much to do, not much going on. 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. And they do, in spades.
Dead River's a sleepy little town on the coast of Maine without much going for it. The Great Depression hit hard and never let go. Even now, sixty-odd years later, there's not much to do, not much going on. 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. And they do, in spades.
Dan's a local and didn't get a chance to go to college. There was never the money. He works in a lumberyard hauling two-by-fours and furring around all day with a forklift. He's even more bored than he knows.
When the college kids arrive, that changes.
The most daring of the three is a beautiful, troubled girl name Casey. She's not opposed to stealing caviar or cars or running around naked in graveyards. For Casey the thrill's the thing and the riskier the better.
Dan falls for her, hard. And gradually becomes the fourth member of the group--the poor relation.
But the games need escalation. 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. Where something lurks waiting in the dark...
When the college kids arrive, that changes.
The most daring of the three is a beautiful, troubled girl name Casey. She's not opposed to stealing caviar or cars or running around naked in graveyards. For Casey the thrill's the thing and the riskier the better.
Dan falls for her, hard. And gradually becomes the fourth member of the group--the poor relation.
But the games need escalation. 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. Where something lurks waiting in the dark...
Raves and Reviews
"Ketchum has become a kind of hero to those of us who write tales of terror and suspense. He is, quite simply, one of the best in the business." --Stephen King
"Ketchum [is] one of America's best and most consistent writers of contemporary horror fiction." --Bentley Little
"Just when you think the worst has already happened . . . Jack Ketchum goes yet another shock further." --Fangoria
"Ketchum's writing has the power that's missing from 90% of the books on the market today. He never plays it safe, never goes for the cop-out . . . psychological horror at its finest." --Afraid
"For two decades now, Jack Ketchum has been one of our best, brightest, and most reliable." --Hellnotes
"You can't go wrong reading any Jack Ketchum work." --Cemetery Dance
"A major voice in contemporary suspense." --Ed Gorman
"Jack Ketchum is a master of suspense and horror of the human variety. With each new novel he writes, Mr. Ketchum's plots seem to become scarier adn scarier....Readers deeply believe in what this Bram Stoker winner writes; there is probably a high correlation between installing new secuirty systems and the release of a new Mr. Ketchum chiller." -- Harriet Klausner
"Ketchum has become a kind of hero to those of us who write tales of terror and suspense. He is, quite simply, one of the best in the business." --Stephen King
"Ketchum [is] one of America's best and most consistent writers of contemporary horror fiction." --Bentley Little
"Just when you think the worst has already happened . . . Jack Ketchum goes yet another shock further." --Fangoria
"Ketchum's writing has the power that's missing from 90% of the books on the market today. He never plays it safe, never goes for the cop-out . . . psychological horror at its finest." --Afraid
"For two decades now, Jack Ketchum has been one of our best, brightest, and most reliable." --Hellnotes
"You can't go wrong reading any Jack Ketchum work." --Cemetery Dance
"A major voice in contemporary suspense." --Ed Gorman
"Jack Ketchum is a master of suspense and horror of the human variety. With each new novel he writes, Mr. Ketchum's plots seem to become scarier adn scarier....Readers deeply believe in what this Bram Stoker winner writes; there is probably a high correlation between installing new secuirty systems and the release of a new Mr. Ketchum chiller." -- Harriet Klausner
