The Guardians
by:
Andrew Pyper (author)
From acclaimed author Andrew Pyper, a gripping novel of psychological suspense about four men haunted by a secret from childhood.There's no such thing as an empty house...Trevor, Randy, Ben and Carl grew up together in the small town of Grimshaw as many boys do--playing hockey on the local team,...
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From acclaimed author Andrew Pyper, a gripping novel of psychological suspense about four men haunted by a secret from childhood.There's no such thing as an empty house...Trevor, Randy, Ben and Carl grew up together in the small town of Grimshaw as many boys do--playing hockey on the local team, the Guardians, and forging friendships that run deep. Twenty-four years later, Trevor, recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and faced with his own mortality, learns that his old friend Ben has committed suicide. He returns to Grimshaw to pay his respects and to reunite with Randy and Carl. But going home means going back to the memories of a sinister crime that occurred in the abandoned house at 321 Caledonia Street--a crime that claws its way into the present, leaving its indelible mark on everyone. Chilling to the core and gripping in the extreme, The Guardians is taut psychological suspense that will leave you at once breathless and moved.From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385663724 (0385663722)
Publish date: September 13th 2011
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Suspense,
Canada,
Supernatural,
Ghosts
The Guardians are the local high school hockey team, the team that brought together Trevor, Randy Carl and Ben first as friends, and then as conspirators. Growing up in the small community of Grimshaw, everyone knew about the “Thurman house”. Probably, no one as well as these four boys when the wi...
I have loved Andrew Pyper darkly, seductive novels, all of them are very different on the surface but underneath they all have similar characteristics, human anxieties and secrets and misgivings.'The Guardians' has shades of Stephen King's IT and The Body in this coming of age 'supernatural' thrille...