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Since the 1980s there have been numerous reports of occult activity and other possibly supernatural phenomenon within certain villages and townships of Summit County, Ohio - an area collectively known as Helltown.
When a group of out-out-town friends investigating the legends are driven off the road by a mysterious hearse, their night of cheap thrills turns to chills as they begin to die one by one.
PRAISE FOR JEREMY BATES AND HIS BOOKS:
"Thriller fans andreaders of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love in this highly recommended, action-packed read." -Midwest Book Review on Island of the Dolls
"An understated horror story that will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like." -Kirkus on Suicide Forest
"[A] short, sharp shocker...Bates writes persuasively from Brian'sadolescent point of view, making the horror of his youthfulreminiscences that much more intense." - Publishers Weekly on BlackCanyon
"Jeremy Bates has written a great book that would make a great Hollywood screenplay!" - Suspense Magazine on The Taste of Fear
"Bates takes an intriguing premise to shocking lengths, revealing the outcomeonly in an epilogue. A graphically violent story with building suspenseand a moral about where weaving such a web may lead." - Booklist onWhite Lies
"The Catacombs is a thrilling descent into theunknown, peeling back the dark layers like a rotting onion, tearsrunning down your face as you try to climb your way out. A hypnoticstory of buried truths, disfigured creatures, and lost histories toldwith an authoritative voice full of heart and insight." - RichardThomas, Bram Stoker nominated author on The Catacombs
"JeremyBates doesn't miss a trick, teasing and misleading, ratcheting up thetension as the heroine...loses traction on a slippery slope ofdeceptions." - Glenn Kleier, New York Times bestselling author on WhiteLies
"A horror story like none other...makes for a read thatwill delight horror fans who want their novels steeped in psychologicalsuspense as well as action." - Midwest Book Review on The Catacombs
"A success!" - Hellnotes on Suicide Forest
PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS IN THE WORLD'S SCARIEST PLACES SERIES (SUICIDE FOREST, THE CATACOMBS, HELLTOWN, ISLAND OF THE DOLLS):
"Definitely gave me chills reading this late at night which hasn't happened since I was a 13 year old teenager reading Stephen King's, It, for the firsttime." - verothehero
"Move over King and Koontz there's a new talent in town." - judy pfanner
"I had to stop reading at certain points because he was freaking me out.That only happens to me with one other writer--Stephen King." - LynLutrzykowski
"I think of early Clive Barker, without the guts." - H. Kelly
"Suicide Forest is up the with Joe Hills Heart Shaped Box." - Lola Cain
"Scariest book I've ever read" - Jamie Dobbs
"If you like Greg Olsen or Jeffrey Deaver, Jeremy Bates is a great new talent." - Lnh
"I found it rivaling some of Stephen King's and Dean Koontz's early works---high praise indeed." - Diana D
"If you enjoy Richard Layman, you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" - Anna W.
"This author is in the same league as King, Simmons, and Craven" - linda22724
"Perfect for Laymon Fans!" - OutlawPoet
Genre: Horror
When a group of out-out-town friends investigating the legends are driven off the road by a mysterious hearse, their night of cheap thrills turns to chills as they begin to die one by one.
PRAISE FOR JEREMY BATES AND HIS BOOKS:
"Thriller fans andreaders of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love in this highly recommended, action-packed read." -Midwest Book Review on Island of the Dolls
"An understated horror story that will remind readers what chattering teeth sound like." -Kirkus on Suicide Forest
"[A] short, sharp shocker...Bates writes persuasively from Brian'sadolescent point of view, making the horror of his youthfulreminiscences that much more intense." - Publishers Weekly on BlackCanyon
"Jeremy Bates has written a great book that would make a great Hollywood screenplay!" - Suspense Magazine on The Taste of Fear
"Bates takes an intriguing premise to shocking lengths, revealing the outcomeonly in an epilogue. A graphically violent story with building suspenseand a moral about where weaving such a web may lead." - Booklist onWhite Lies
"The Catacombs is a thrilling descent into theunknown, peeling back the dark layers like a rotting onion, tearsrunning down your face as you try to climb your way out. A hypnoticstory of buried truths, disfigured creatures, and lost histories toldwith an authoritative voice full of heart and insight." - RichardThomas, Bram Stoker nominated author on The Catacombs
"JeremyBates doesn't miss a trick, teasing and misleading, ratcheting up thetension as the heroine...loses traction on a slippery slope ofdeceptions." - Glenn Kleier, New York Times bestselling author on WhiteLies
"A horror story like none other...makes for a read thatwill delight horror fans who want their novels steeped in psychologicalsuspense as well as action." - Midwest Book Review on The Catacombs
"A success!" - Hellnotes on Suicide Forest
PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS IN THE WORLD'S SCARIEST PLACES SERIES (SUICIDE FOREST, THE CATACOMBS, HELLTOWN, ISLAND OF THE DOLLS):
"Definitely gave me chills reading this late at night which hasn't happened since I was a 13 year old teenager reading Stephen King's, It, for the firsttime." - verothehero
"Move over King and Koontz there's a new talent in town." - judy pfanner
"I had to stop reading at certain points because he was freaking me out.That only happens to me with one other writer--Stephen King." - LynLutrzykowski
"I think of early Clive Barker, without the guts." - H. Kelly
"Suicide Forest is up the with Joe Hills Heart Shaped Box." - Lola Cain
"Scariest book I've ever read" - Jamie Dobbs
"If you like Greg Olsen or Jeffrey Deaver, Jeremy Bates is a great new talent." - Lnh
"I found it rivaling some of Stephen King's and Dean Koontz's early works---high praise indeed." - Diana D
"If you enjoy Richard Layman, you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" - Anna W.
"This author is in the same league as King, Simmons, and Craven" - linda22724
"Perfect for Laymon Fans!" - OutlawPoet
Genre: Horror
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