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Cold Moon Over Babylon (1980), the second novel by Michael Mcdowell (1950-1999), author of Blackwater and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas , is a chilling Southern Gothic tale of revenge from beyond the grave that ranks among his most terrifying books. . .
And when the full Moon rises Over Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance .
Night after night it will pursue the murderer.
And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. . .
But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror .
Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law. - Washington Post Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. - Publishers Weekly Mcdowell has a flair for the gruesome. - Stephen King Readers of weak constitution should beware.
The finest writer of paperback originals in America
