- Paperback
- Publisher: Paperjacks (June 1984)
- ISBN-10: 9995436795
- ISBN-13: 978-9995436797
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He waits in the shadows, a dark and deadly presence. And with each new killing he becomes less human and more vicious. He stands patiently, a wire garrote in his hands, ready to claim another victim. Soon he will have one more to add to his growing list of victims unless they can stop him. But how can they stop him when they don't know who he is? Or what he is? .
--This text refers to the
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Got my Wireman back!
Jan 7 2012
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I've been a fan of Mosiman for years (readers of my novel Gamemaster already know that!) She is not one of those authors whose work shows up at the supermarket check out, but rather the hidden gem you can't wait to tell your friends about, because you know they will thank you for it. I remember buying this in trade paperback somewhere in 98 I think (loaned it to one of those "friends" and never got it back) I recently reread the story on it's ebook edition and am happy to say it hasn't lost a bit of it's razor edge. Taunt fiction you could get a paper cut from and enough tension to raise your blood pressure a few notches. Mosiman shows us true horror by forcing us to look at the human monster within us all! Bravo Billie Sue and thanks for making this available again!
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant look into true horror-a man's mind
Jan 26 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When Nick was ten and Daley was eight, the Ringer siblings knew they were different from other families. Their mother was an abusive drunk, who earned a living selling her body. Her actions made her children the Bloomington, Texas town's pariahs. Daley always hung in the shadows, ready to protect Nick from himself. He would lie for his older brother in order to provide him with an alibi. Nick's forte was to strangle his tormentors' pets because misery was miserable company.
In Nam, Nick and Daley served as Recon Officers. However, when the siblings were separated from their squad, they were trapped deep in Cong territory. In order to survive, Nick had to use the garrote to make a quiet kill of his enemy. When they were rescued, Nick had a breakdown and was hospitalized. He remained confined in the mental ward until Daley returned home. The brothers move to Houston at the same time that someone is decapitating the heads of innocent people, using an MO similar to Nick's Nam experience.
WIREMAN is a taut thriller that keeps the reader on edge from the first page till the novel is finished. This type of book is the true horror novel because the monster is a human, who preys on anyone without the slightest shred of remorse. Billie Sue Mosiman captures the essence of the sociopath so well, readers will buy extra locks to secure their homes in order to gain a slightly disturbed sleep. Fans of realistic horror tales, need to read WIREMAN, one of the sub-genre's best of 1997.
Harriet Klausner
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Most Chilling Tale Ever Read!
Mar 21 2012
I'm a fan of the genre, so I could be biased here, yet I must admit being surprised by such a masterpiece. I knew Billie Sue Mosiman as en excellent author of supernatural stories, but I didn't know the `true' dark side of her.
As a `Sladist' (a fan of Michael Slade's thrillers, that is), I'm into this kind of literature by the `80s. I'm an avid reader of Val McDermid, Thomas Harris, and lately, Jeff Lindsay. Nonetheless, Wireman reminded me the early Robert Bloch, with its elegant prose and suspense-rising crescendo.
This psychological thriller really hits on your nerves, having your reading experience being like a spook-house: a shock after another.
Her killer makes my Axel J. Hyde (Feeding the Urge) look tame.
Billie Sue Mosiman story is a page-turner of the highest order and was able to let me turn aside a novel from a far-famed author (I'm not going to say his name, for obvious reasons) just to rush to the ending.
Thriller fans, here's the greatest choice for a new adventure into the genre, and we must be thankful to Mrs. Mosiman for transposing this masterpiece on Kindle.
As a `Sladist' (a fan of Michael Slade's thrillers, that is), I'm into this kind of literature by the `80s. I'm an avid reader of Val McDermid, Thomas Harris, and lately, Jeff Lindsay. Nonetheless, Wireman reminded me the early Robert Bloch, with its elegant prose and suspense-rising crescendo.
This psychological thriller really hits on your nerves, having your reading experience being like a spook-house: a shock after another.
Her killer makes my Axel J. Hyde (Feeding the Urge) look tame.
Billie Sue Mosiman story is a page-turner of the highest order and was able to let me turn aside a novel from a far-famed author (I'm not going to say his name, for obvious reasons) just to rush to the ending.
Thriller fans, here's the greatest choice for a new adventure into the genre, and we must be thankful to Mrs. Mosiman for transposing this masterpiece on Kindle.
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