The Throat (Blue Rose Trilogy #3) by Peter Straub

IN THIS SEARING NOVEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE, WRITER TIM UNDERHILL, THE HAUNTED VIETNAM-VET HERO OF KOKO, DARES TO LOOK BACK TO A DARK PAST THAT HOLDS THE SECRET OF THE EVIL WHICH SIGNS ITS NAME BLUE ROSE.

Underhill has been summoned by his childhood friend John Ransom to his home town of Millhaven, the site of old horrors now plagued by new demons. After decades of silence, it appears that the Blue Rose killer has stuck again - brutally murdering Ransom's wife.

Assisted by the reclusive amateur detective Tom Pasmore, Underhill's search for the truth draws him swiftly into a dark labyrinth of lies and deceit, each turn punctuated by jolting shocks, leading inexorably back to the horrors of his own past - to mysterious events in the jungles of Vietnam; to the day, all those years ago, when he witnessed the killing of his nine-year-old sister; and to the ensuing series of murders that rocked the city.

Genres: Horror - Mystery - Thriller - Suspense - Crime - War - Mystery Thriller - Detective
Condition: Fair*
Published: 1993 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 875
ISBN: 0586218491
Weight: 440g
*Has considerable sun fade to spine