Rose Madder - Softcover

King, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501143689 ISBN 13: 9781501143687

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2016

Synopsis

The #1 national bestseller about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage is "one of Stephen King's most engrossing horror novels. Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated...fueled by an air of danger immediate and overwhelming" (Publishers Weekly).

"What woke her up was a single drop of blood, no larger than a dime."

After surviving fourteen years of hell in a violently abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels finally summons the courage to flee for her life. But leaving her husband, Norman, for a new city and a new start is a very daunting prospect. It's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason--Norman's a police officer with the instincts of a predator, a force of relentless terror and savagery...a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. He's very good at finding people, even if he is losing his mind. Rosie's only hope for salvation may lie in a far more dangerous place, where she must become her own myth and the woman she never knew she could be....

About this title

Review:

After 14 years of being beaten, Rose Daniels wakes up one morning and leaves her husband -- but she keeps looking over her shoulder, because Norman has the instincts of a predator. And what is the strange work of art that has Rose in a kind of spell? In this brilliant dark-hued fable of the gender wars, Stephen King has fashioned yet another suspense thriller to keep readers right on the edge.

Review:

"Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense."--People

"An eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel."--Washington Post

"Breathlessly paced suspense and terror...horrific thrills....It's King's best!"--Miami Herald

"Vivid, startling...a compelling page-turner."--Houston Chronicle

"Rousing...vivid and sensitive."--New York Times

"Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated, this cat-and-mouse game of a novel is one of King's most engrossing and topical horror stories."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Stephen King is a marvelous writer. His style crackles. His storyline skitters along, pausing for the kaboom, then moves to the next terror. His imagination is beyond the edge."--Baltimore Sun

"A taut thriller-novel...about as good as they come."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1501143689
• ISBN 13: 9781501143687
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 656