Ruler of the Night
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Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads
edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
INTRODUCTION: A NEW KIND OF DEATH
Epigraph
ONE: THE LOCKED COMPARTMENT
TWO: “IT’S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DIE FOR”
THREE: THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
FOUR: THE WOMAN WHO THOUGHT THAT RATS WERE GHOSTS
FIVE: THE HOUSE IN GREEK STREET
SIX: WYLD’S MONSTER GLOBE
SEVEN: THE HOUSE OF ICE
EIGHT: THE WATER-CURE CLINIC
NINE: NIGHT TERRORS
TEN: HYDROPATHY
ELEVEN: INTO THE DEPTHS
TWELVE: THE FIELD-WORKER AND THE ADDER
THIRTEEN: THE HOUSE IN BLOOMSBURY
FOURTEEN: THE DISCONNECTED HEART
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT DAVID MORRELL
ALSO BY DAVID MORRELL
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Copyright © 2016 by Morrell Enterprises, Inc.
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