Bücher von Thomas Tessier

On an extended holiday in London, Dr. Tom Sutherland befriends the genial but mysterious Dr. Nordhagen and falls into a wild love affair with his assistant, the exotic Lina Ravachol. Bewitched by her sexual sorcery, Tom follows her deeper and deeper into forbidden fantasies and dark pleasures. But fantasy turns to nightmare when he discovers Dr. Nordhagen's basement laboratory, a secret chamber where cruelty, desire, and madness combine to form the ultimate evil.This new edition of Thomas Tessier's Finishing Touches (1986) features a new introduction by Will Errickson and the cover painting by Chris Moore from the original UK edition."Seductive and compulsively readable." - Publishers Weekly"Splendidly evocative - even mesmerizing." - Booklist"Thomas Tessier is one of those writers who can find the unexpected poetry and subtlety in horror." - Peter Straub

Jeff loves Georgianne. Jeff has always loved Georgianne. Now, years later, Georgianne is as beautiful, as magical as ever-and ripe for terror.Because a love like Jeff's makes a man crazy, he'll do things he'd never have dreamed possible. Even target, stalk, and possibly destroy everyone Georgianne loves: her faithful husband, her attractive teenage daughter. Until Jeff is all she has left ...This new edition of Thomas Tessier's modern classic of psychological terror Rapture (1987) features a new introduction by Grady Hendrix and a reproduction of the original paperback cover art by Sonja Lamut and Nenad Jakesevic."Nicely wrought psychological suspense ... superb!"-Chicago Sun-Times"Completely frightening!"-Richmond Times Dispatch"Hypnotic ... ingenious ... a nerve-paralyzing story."-Publishers Weekly

Bobby Ives doesn't mean to kill. When his first victim ends up beneath the wheels of a London city bus, he almost succeeds in convincing himself it was an accident. Until the day he sees the jogger and a strange and uncontrollable sensation begins to course through his limbs. An animalistic urge to run, to chase, to hunt ... and to kill. Soon the city is gripped by a reign of terror, and night after night the beast will silently stalk the streets, its bloody jaws and tearing claws leaving only death in its wake.Thomas Tessier's novel The Nightwalker (1979) is a contemporary horror classic and is recognized as one of the finest werewolf novels ever published. This new edition includes an afterword by the author. 'The Nightwalker is very likely the most unusual occult novel I have ever read, and not just because of its unusual excellence.... I think it will be read for a long time.'-Peter Straub'I've been telling people for years that the werewolf novel is the toughest of the "classic" monster stories to do, but Tessier pulls it off with considerable panache. The Nightwalker is very good indeed, scary, grim, and fast-paced.'-Stephen King