Eat the Dark: A Novel

by Joe Schreiber

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Collection

Publication

Del Rey (2007), Paperback, 192 pages

Description

It is the last night before Tanglewood Memorial closes for good, and MRI technician Mike Hughes arrives for his final shift at the hospital. Between the bare-bones staff and the fact that all the patients have already been moved to the new facility, Mike is prepared for a quiet night. All that changes when a special patient arrives, complete with a five-man police escort: the infamous serial killer Frank Snow has been brought in for a brain MRI. As if that's not enough, Mike's wife Sarah decides to drop in unexpectedly, along with their young son, Eli. Then Snow unexpectedly breaks free, cuts the power, and locks the doors. Now he's loose in the old, dark hospital, hunting its last occupants one by one, and escape seems to be the furthest thing from his mind.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member KathyWoodall
Mike goes into work for a final graveyard sift at the now closed Tanglewood memorial Hospital. A prison inmate arrives soon after for a MRI. He is brought in under heavy gaurd. What should be just a routine scan turns into a horrible nightmare for those caught in the hosiptal when Frank Snow
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escapes. Mike, his wife Sarah and youg son Eli and others are forced to play a sick game of cat and mouse as they try desperately to escape a mad-man.
Another great novel by Mr. Schreiber. Look forward to reading more from this author.
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Original publication date

2007

Physical description

192 p.; 5.59 inches

ISBN

0345487508 / 9780345487506
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