Buchdetails
Format
Taschenbuch
Seiten
192
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Jan 1, 1964
Verlag
Bruna
Beschreibung
The bestselling inspiration for the chilling movie starring Patty McCormack and Nancy Kelly.
What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This spine-tingling tale investigates a mother's concerned suspicion surrounding several mysterious accidental deaths that all connect back to her eight-year-old daughter, Rhoda. Tremendously impacting the thriller genre, this masterpiece of suspense generated a whole crop of creepy kids, and it's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before.
Originally published in 1954, this National Book Award-nominated classic was adapted into film in 1956.
With a new foreword.
Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.
What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This spine-tingling tale investigates a mother's concerned suspicion surrounding several mysterious accidental deaths that all connect back to her eight-year-old daughter, Rhoda. Tremendously impacting the thriller genre, this masterpiece of suspense generated a whole crop of creepy kids, and it's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before.
Originally published in 1954, this National Book Award-nominated classic was adapted into film in 1956.
With a new foreword.
Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.
Genres
Mystery
Thriller & Spannung
Kinder
Horror