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Bed Of Nails (Mass Market Paperback)

by Michael Slade (Author)
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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.



About the Author

Michael Slade is the pen name of Jay and Rebecca Clarke.

Swastika was inspired by the Second World War archives of Flight Lieutenant Jack "Johnny" Clarke, who flew forty-seven combat missions against the Third Reich in Europe, and in North Africa for the Battle of El Alamein.

As a criminal lawyer, Jay Clarke, Jack's son, has fought more than one hundred murder cases. He specializes in the law of insanity.

Rebecca Clarke, Jay's daughter, has a degree in history and English literature.

Michael Slade is the author of eleven Special X thrillers.

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2.0 out of 5 stars leftover stew, April 24 2004
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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting historical references, April 16 2004
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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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Bad, Nov 5 2003
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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1.0 out of 5 stars Putrid
A vast, empty train wreck. Obviously, the current incarnation of Michael Slade has forgotten everything that made previous novels so enjoyable.

Absolutely awful. Read more

Published on Oct 30 2003 by Doug

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good...informative if not a little formulaic
I've read several Michael Slade books over the years and they have certainly been consistent. The books teem with psycho killers doing unspeakably nasty things to innocents and... Read more
Published on Sep 3 2003 by H. J. Spivack

4.0 out of 5 stars Bed of Nails
First, let's get something out of the way: I'm a Slade fan. I get my Special X tales in hardback as they come out, brought back from Canada by a colleague because I can't wait for... Read more
Published on Aug 26 2003 by Wayne Ryder

5.0 out of 5 stars A BOOK TO DEVOUR...
You have to give the writing team of Michael Slade credit...no one does the graphic novel as well. This father and daughter have given us the tenth in this series, and "Bed... Read more
Published on Jul 31 2003 by Michael Butts

1.0 out of 5 stars Ouch, is this awful
Wow. Wow. Has the authors ever even read a book before?
Atrocious writing. Abysmal. Laughable. Inane. Gawdawful.
Published on Jul 24 2003 by crispy500

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ONGOING SAGA OF THE RCMP
Unlike a previous reviewer, I found this lastest edition of the fictional - based on factual - account of life in the world of the RCMP as related by Michael Slade to be another... Read more
Published on Jul 23 2003 by Sladefan

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Slade's best!!
I'm finding it hard to believe that Stone Junction has read the same book as me?!?! Remember the revenge Vincent Price exacted on his critics in Hammer's 'Theatre of Blood'? Read more
Published on Jul 22 2003 by Mr. Steven A. Black

4.0 out of 5 stars BED OF NAILS - A Divurgent Opinion
Contrary to another reviewers comments, I found BED OF NAILS to be one of the better entries in the Special X Canon; I have a personal fondness for HEADHUNTER as being the best of... Read more
Published on Jul 21 2003 by William Simon

4.0 out of 5 stars BED OF NAILS
Contrary to another reviewers comments, I found BED OF NAILS to be one of the better entries in the Special X Canon; I have a personal fondness for HEADHUNTER as being the best of... Read more
Published on Jul 21 2003 by Martegan

4.0 out of 5 stars BED OF NAILS
Contrary to another reviewers comments, I found BED OF NAILS to be one of the better entries in the Special X Canon; I have a personal fondness for HEADHUNTER as being the best of... Read more
Published on Jul 21 2003 by Martegan

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