The Hellfire Club
by Peter Straub
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In The Hellfire Club, Peter Straub has not only created a villain as diabolical, clever, and fascinating as Hannibal Lecter, but has also written his most gripping, concentrated, and startling novel to date. At stake are the fates of both a loyal and courageous woman and a long-established publishing house.
Nora Chancel, struggling to maintain her marriage, well-being, and independence, is unwillingly drawn into a treacherous double mystery: One of the strands involves a series of vicious murders; the other concerns an otherworldly novel so influential that its most ardent admirers literally give over their lives to it.
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The Hellfire Club
September 28, 2004, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
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0345477278 9780345477279
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They are dying, one by one: wealthy middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb. Their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim. . . . Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about the Hellfire Club, where, years before, he met an obsessed fan of Chancel House's most successful book, Night Journey--a book that has a strange history of its own. . . . Suddenly terror engulfs Nora: She must defend herself against fantastic accusations even as a madman lies in wait. And when he springs, Nora will embark on a night journey that will put her fears to rest forever, dead or alive. . . .From the Paperback edition.
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