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The Stake

by Richard Laymon

The Stake
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13th June 1991

Price: £9.99

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Horror & Ghost Stories / Modern & Contemporary Fiction (post C 1945) / Suspense / Usa

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780747235484

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In an abandoned hotel in a Californian ghost town, horror writer Larry Dunbar and his friends make a chilling discovery. By chance they stumble on a coffin hidden under the stairs. Within lies the corpse of a naked female – with a stake through its heart. Was she the innocent victim of a gruesome murder? Or was she a vampire? There’s only one way for Larry to solve the mystery – he must pull out the stake…