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From deep within the high security ward of a mental hospital, the Ripper plots revenge against Inspector Zinc Chandler of Special X.
When Chandler responds to a bizarre murder at a hotel in Vancouver-a Hollywood producer found suspended upside down like the Hanged Man card in a Tarot deck-the Mountie becomes enmeshed in a psychotic chain of events. Chandler time-travels from Jack the Ripper's London in 1888 to a deadly car chase with guns blazing in the streets of Vancouver. Then he travels from Ted Bundy's house in Seattle to the Thirteen Steps to Hell in Maltby Cemetery, and finally to a nail-biting climax in the cannibal isles of the South Pacific, where the Mountie must win the ultimate game of survivor.
Bed of Nails marks Slade's return to the macabre landscape of his second novel, Ripper, selected by the Horror Writers' Association as one of the top 40 horror novels of all time.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
leftover stew,
By David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bed Of Nails (Hardcover)
A Michael Slade novel is like a McDonald's Happy Meal-- it can be lots of fun, but it's not very nutritious. It's gleefully schlocky, like some no-budget horror or SF movie, where the makers know they're not making great art, but revel in the experience of their unique vision, anyway. Like Dean Koontz, Slade throws in everything but the kitchen sink, in this case Jack the Ripper, the tarot, quantum physics, Lovecraft, and cannibalism (there is even a list of sources at the end (!!)) and, like Koontz, Slade will sometimes stop the action to go into a detailed description of an incidental object or idea (in one memorable instance, a long paragraph describing a motorcycle during the middle of a police chase). The writing is often sloppy and haphazard, and we get glittering nuggets of wisdom like this one: "Loosely defined, a puritan is a prig who loses sleep knowing that someone, somewhere, may be having fun." Whoa, dude, what a concept!Quite frankly, I prefer my fiction to be a little more challenging. This is definitely one case where I'd wait for the movie version, where I could keep one eye on the TV screen and the other eye on a crossword puzzle or something.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting historical references,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bed of Nails (Mass Market Paperback)
Enjoyed this book despite the unusually high gore factor. Great historical references and a captivating story. I always enjoy a Slade Thriller because I live in the town he writes in and have been to the places he writes about.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Beyond Bad,
By "jennine72" (Amsterdam) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bed Of Nails (Hardcover)
Vile. Atrocious. Ghastly. And that just concerns the quality of the writing.BED OF NAILS is, without question, one of the worst 'novels' ever written. How Penguin Books ever agreed to publish such overesteemed garbage is a mystery.
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