Gallows Hill - Hardcover

Duncan, Lois

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038532331X ISBN 13: 9780385323314

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

A thriller in the style of Dean Koontz features a seventeen-year-old girl who, after playing a fortune-teller at the school fair, begins to have dreams about the Salem Witch Trials and fears for her life.

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Review:

Reviewers praise Lois Duncan:
For "Gallows Hill: "
"Duncan delights in building suspense brick by brick until she has a whole creepy wall to collapse at the climax."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Entertaining and enlightening, this is a book that should have wide appeal."
--"VOYA"
.,."An exciting, suspenseful tale that will certainly be welcomed by Duncan's many fans."
--"School Library Journal"
For "The Twisted Window: "
"Duncan is a true pro, grounding the twists of her plot lines with sure motivation and providing the reader with several surprises along the way."
"--Kirkus Reviews"

For "Locked in Time: "
"Duncan's new thriller is impeccably structured, convincing and harrowing...In the denouement, Duncan proves again her talent for outguessing even veteran mystery buffs."
"--Publishers Weekly"
For "Stranger With My Face: "
"The best of the sinister and supernatural is Lois Duncan's "Stranger With My Face,.".Spine-chilling from top to bottom."
"--The New York Times"

"From the Hardcover edition."

About the Author:

Lois Duncan was born in Philadelphia and grew up by the sea in Florida. She began writing and submitting manuscripts when she was ten and sold her first story when she was thirteen. Lois taught journalism and has contributed to a wide range of magazines. She is the author of over 40 books and lives with her family in North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 038532331X
• ISBN 13: 9780385323314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 229