Product Description

'Creepers'. That's what they call themselves. Urban explorers who illegally enter sealed buildings - hotels, offices, department stores - many of which have been abandoned for years. Exploring one holds all the thrill of going into a time capsule. One night in New Jersey, a group of creepers enters the Paragon, a once-magnificent hotel designed and built by a reclusive millionaire. The structure which foreshadowed the beauties of Art Deco architecture is now decrepit, boarded up and marked for demolition. But the Paragon has a disturbing history and it soon becomes clear to the creepers that this decaying seven-story building holds more secrets than they could have imagined in their worst nightmares.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #369698 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
'A gripping story that demands to be read in a single sitting! Morrell delivers first-rate, suspenseful storytelling once again' Publishers Weekly, June 2005 -- Publishers Weekly 20050601 'Gruesome read...strong plot idea' -- Daily Mirror 20050910 'Creepers is a good old-fashioned chiller. As the pages turn the tensions increases, almost to breaking-point. Terrific' -- Independent on Sunday 20050925 'Creepers" is a good old-fashioned chiller. As the pages turn the tensions increases, almost to breaking-point. Terrific' -- Independent on Sunday 20050925 "Chilling and hypnotically readable!" -- Stephen King 20050925

From the Publisher
4 Hours, 4 CD's, Abridged

About the Author
David Morrell is one of America's most popular and acclaimed storytellers, with over18 million copies of his books in print. A former professor of American literature at the University of Iowa, David Morrell now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Customer Reviews

Gripping claustrophobic thriller
Another gripping thriller from the author of First Blood, this is a great value paperback.
Morrell has always been great at ramping up the tension with concise descriptive prose, writing in such a way with terse sentences and short chapters that the very reading seems to force your breathing and heartbeat to go faster - and this book does not disappoint. The difference here is that his usual setup is a little different - instead of a lone vigilante or assassin (the usual Morrel protagonist), we are in a group of ‘creepers’, the nickname for those who break in to deserted buildings without any intention of damaging or stealing, but merely for curiosity’s sake to see history preserved as it was at the time the building closed. The past time has clearly been well researched by Morrel, making the motives and characters believable. The setting for this particular foray is the fictional Paragon Hotel, an Art Deco sealed building which was the sanctuary of a reclusive millionaire. The book takes place over one night, and I very nearly read the book in real time, as gripping as it was… The team enter the building only to find that all is definitely not as it seems, and a cat and mouse game starts with surprises and revealed identities along the way, with the decaying hotel providing a perfect claustrophobic atmosphere for tension to mount and the hairs on the back of your necks stand up.
While this does not necessarily rise to the heights of Morrel’s best (The Trilogy of ‘Brotherhood of the Rose’, ‘Fraternity of the Stone’ and ‘The League of Night and Fog’ still rate as his best in my opinion), it is frighteningly well written, with hardly a wasted word. The sentences are short and rapid fire, yet nonetheless convey a full picture of both the setting and the characters. You might not have time to become so involved as to feel real loss when something untoward happens to some of them, but you will feel the unbearable tension in the way it unfolds – you won’t look at sealed abandoned buildings the same way again…

Excellent Suspense Filled Horror/ Thriller!
I must admit to being pulled to this book by the cover... A bit shameful I know as "you shouldn't judge a book by its cover" but I found I was right in picking this book as when I started reading it it ticked practically all my boxes for suspense and eery descriptions of the building and atmosphere. Although its not exactly a deep and meaningful book, but then its not meant to be, its fun, scary and just enough character involvement to make you feel hooked. As a big Richard Laymon fan, I have to say that I did draw parallels with his writings with this book and yes Laymon would do this more justice, but that aside its brilliant and well I recommend it for a bit of weekend or rainy day reading - superb! I can see this being made into a film, when you read the story it seems to cry out for a big budget hollywood movie script.

Wow - what a great book
I have never read any of David Morrell's books, I'm so glad I did. This book was brilliant, I couldn't wait to find out what happened and never expected what did actually happen in the story. If you are looking for a good read - get this book!