When a Darkness Falls by Paul Zindel (1984)

When a Darkness Falls
A Novel of Adult Terror
by Paul Zindel
Publisher: Bantam Books
Copyright: 1984
Book Club Edition

When a Darkness Falls is a masterwork of psychological suspense, the explosive first adult novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and bestselling young adult author Paul Zindel. Here is the unforgettable story of three desperate people who are brought together in a vivid and frightening journey into the dark side of the American dream.

MARJORIE KRENNER feels she finally has it all -- two beautiful children, a budding career as a novelist, a devoted screenwriter husband, and now a magnificent home in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the world, Beverly Hills. But late at night -- when trees tap on the windowpanes of their isolated house and the dogs grow inexplicably restless -- Marjorie's optimism fails her. Sleepless, she paces her nighttime house, unable to shake the feeling that something is terribly wrong.

JACK KRENNER, loving husband and father, is living at the end of an abyss. Providing, a good life for himself and his family -- once the source of Jack's pride and self-esteem -- has now become a relentless, crushing burden. Who would have dreamed it could cost so much? The house, the furniture, the cars, the maids, the gardeners, the children's camp, Marjorie's clothes . . . Finally the twisting pressure to pay, and the shock of a failing career, plunge Jack into a dark world where insomnia, cocaine, and simmering rage are his constant companions.

DETECTIVE LICHTEIMAN, too, is a man under pressure. Somehow, and soon, he much find the person responsible for the series of unspeakably savage murders of young women in the Beverly Hills area. This kind of case, he knows, is the most delicate and dangerous -- he must appeal to the killer's need to be exposed, to be punished. But too much heat, and the murderer will drop out of sight, only to reappear at another time, in another place, to claim another victim Lichteiman cannot help.

Marjorie, Jack, Lichteiman -- three lives that come together in a terrifying test of love and courage. Their experience reveals with chilling clarity what fragile hopes we cling to When a Darkness Falls.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover shows a bit of shelf/edge wear, light discoloration. Pages are tanning from age. Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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