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Bed Of Nails (Hardcover)

de 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 and deadly battle with the most implacable of enemies.

Chandler must look back in time for a solution—back to London in 1888, terrorized by its own horrific Ripper—and also to the world of fiction, most notably the demented imaginings of H.P. Lovecraft.

His search takes him from the realm of the Goths at the World Horror Convention to a deadly car chase with guns blazing in the streets of Vancouver, and finally to a nail-biting climax on the Kingdom of Bones in the cannibal isles of the South Pacific, where Survivor is the game and Chandler an unwilling contestant.



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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2.0étoiles sur 5 leftover stew, Avril 24 2004
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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3.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting historical references, Avril 16 2004
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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.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Beyond Bad, Nov. 5 2003
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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1.0étoiles sur 5 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

Publié le Oct. 30 2003 par Doug

4.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Sep 3 2003 par H. J. Spivack

4.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Aoû 26 2003 par Wayne Ryder

5.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 31 2003 par Michael Butts

1.0étoiles sur 5 Ouch, is this awful
Wow. Wow. Has the authors ever even read a book before?
Atrocious writing. Abysmal. Laughable. Inane. Gawdawful.
Publié le Juil 24 2003 par crispy500

5.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 23 2003 par Sladefan

5.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 22 2003 par Mr. Steven A. Black

4.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 21 2003 par William Simon

4.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 21 2003 par Martegan

4.0étoiles sur 5 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
Publié le Juil 21 2003 par Martegan

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