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The restoration of a grand old hotel unleashes an unspeakable evil in a supernatural thriller of unstoppable ferocity and bone-chilling terror. Read it with the lights on ...
It started with a documentary. The beautiful Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to unearth the life story of her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose childhood is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job, even though the only clues to Bradford's past are his hometown and an antique water bottle he's kept all his life.
In Bradford's hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary past - a glorious domed hotel where movie stars, presidents, athletes and mobsters once intermingled. Long derelict, the hotel has just been restored to its former grandeur.
But something else has been restored too - a long forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to settle a decades-old score. And with every move, Eric inches closer to the centre of the building storm.
Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real,
So Cold The River will appeal to fans of Stephen King, Peter Straub and Dean Koontz and readers of masters of investigation such as Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane and John Connolly.
About The Author
Michael Koryta has earned nominations for the Edgar, Shamus, Barry and Quill Awards, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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It starts with a beautiful woman and a challenge to kick-start his career, when Eric Shaw is approached out of the blue by Alyssa Bradford and asked to investigate and film a documentary about her father-in-law's mysterious past.
Eric finds himself travelling to the rural Indiana town of West Baden Springs to investigate Campbell Bradford's past where he stays at a gloriously refurbished 1920s spa resort. But just hours after his arrival, he experiences a frighteningly vivid vision and as as the days pass, the visions increase in intensity, drawing him deeper and deeper into the town's dark history.
Michael Koryta was inspired to write So Cold the River by the real West Baden Springs Hotel, abandoned and in disrepair since the Depression. In its heyday it was frequented by movie stars, presidents, athletes and mobsters, all drawn to the mineral springs which were claimed to cure everything from insomnia to malaria.
In So Cold the River, Koryta gives us a paranormal thriller that will appeal to fans of John Connolly, Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
Reviewed By Chris Bilkey, Crime Buzz Editor
This is very well written and terrifyingly real. So Cold The River will appeal to fans of Stephen King, Peter Straub and Dean Koontz and readers of investigation-driven authors such as Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane and John Connolly.
It started with a documentary. The beautiful Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to unearth the life story of her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose childhood is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job, even though the only clues to Bradford's past are his hometown and an antique water bottle he's kept all his life.
In Bradford's hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary past - a glorious domed hotel that has just been restored to its former grandeur.
But something else has been restored too - a long forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to settle a decades-old score. It's lights on territory!
