L'affascinante Carolyn Polhemus viene violentata e uccisa. Il procuratore incaricato del caso è il suo ex amante. E proprio lui viene accusato dell'omicidio. Un'indagine che sfocia in un processo imprevedibile...
Douglas E. Winter, de samensteller van deze bundel opmerkelijke verhalen, is een vooraanstaand recensent van horrorliteratuur. Dertien schrijvers kregen vrije baan wat betreft onderwerp en verhaallengte. Meesters van het Kwaad is het resultaat: een kleurrijke verzameling horrorverhalen, waarin zeer uiteenlopende stijlen vertegenwoordigd zijn.
They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage, a faceless killer performs his violent The first to die brutally is a fifteen-year-old girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found. From the sacred Wailing Wall to the monasteries where dark secrets are cloistered, from black-clad bedouin enclaves to labyrinthine midnight alleys, veteran police inspector Daniel Sharavi and his crack team plunge deep into a city simmering with religious and political passions to hunt for a murderer whos insatiable taste for young women could destroy the delicate balance on which Jerusalem's very survival depends.A brilliant novel by a master of the genre, a vivid look at the tortured complexities of a psychopath's mind, a rich evocation of a city steeped in history -- this, and more, is The Butcher's Theater .
Erin, ex segretaria dell'FBI, ex moglie del più folle ladro di sedie a rotelle della Florida, è impegnata in una battaglia legale per strappare al marito la custodia della figlia. Per affrontare le spese intraprende la carriera di spogliarellista. Una sera, David Dilbeck, membro del Congresso, aggredisce un altro avventore ubriaco che tentava "avances" troppo azzardate con Erin. Ma qualcuno ha riconosciuto nel politico il portaborse di ben più potenti finanzieri e politicanti e decide subito di ricattarlo per aiutare Erin nella sua battaglia. David Dilbeck conosce solo un mezzo per evitare lo scandalo, uccidere.
Deze verhalen, eerder verschenen in "Nachtmerries en Droomlandschappen" laten King op zijn best zien: als geen ander is hij in staat om ogenschijnlijk alledaagse gebeurtenissen en herkenbare situaties uit te laten groeien tot een nachtmerrie... 1. Regentijd (Rainy Season) 2. Mijn prachtige paard (My Pretty Pony) 3. Hallo, met wie spreekt u? (Sorry, Right Number) 4. Het Volk van Tien Uur 's Ochtends (The Ten O'Clock People) 5. Crouch End (Crouch End) 6. Het huis aan Maple Street (The House on Maple Street) 7. Het vijfde kwart (The Fifth Quarter) 8. De zaak van de doctor (The Doctor's Case) 9. Umney's laatste zaak (Umney's Last Case) 10. Kop omlaag! (Head Down!) 11. Augustus in Brooklyn (Brooklyn August) 12. De bedelaar en de diamant (The Beggar and the Diamond)