Dead in the Water is a novel by Nancy Holder, published by Abyss/Dell in 1994.
Plot summary
Dead in the Water is a horror novel which involves several characters (a boy sick with cancer and his doctor father, a wealthy squabbling couple, an older woman whose husband was lost at sea, and a female police officer who once failed to rescue a drowning boy) aboard a dilapidated old freighter. [1]
Reception
Cliff Ramshaw reviewed Dead in the Water for Arcane magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. [1] Ramshaw comments that "Jarring, and not particularly evocative. Things start slowly, not least because the only character drawn with any conviction is the lady cop - one significant item of person history is about as much as the other characters get. Gradually, though, the plot and the fog thicken, and a brooding sense of nastiness evolves as our heroes desperately ignore the increasingly strange going on around them." [1]
Reviews
- Review by Scott Winnett (1994) in Locus, #403 August 1994
- Review by Graham Andrews (1996) in Vector 187
- Kliatt [2]
References
- ^ a b c Ramshaw, Cliff (January 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane (2). Future Publishing: 91.
- ^ "Kliatt 1994-09: Vol 28 Iss 5". Kliatt Paperback Book Guide. September 1994.
Dead in the Water is a novel by Nancy Holder, published by Abyss/Dell in 1994.
Plot summary
Dead in the Water is a horror novel which involves several characters (a boy sick with cancer and his doctor father, a wealthy squabbling couple, an older woman whose husband was lost at sea, and a female police officer who once failed to rescue a drowning boy) aboard a dilapidated old freighter. [1]
Reception
Cliff Ramshaw reviewed Dead in the Water for Arcane magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. [1] Ramshaw comments that "Jarring, and not particularly evocative. Things start slowly, not least because the only character drawn with any conviction is the lady cop - one significant item of person history is about as much as the other characters get. Gradually, though, the plot and the fog thicken, and a brooding sense of nastiness evolves as our heroes desperately ignore the increasingly strange going on around them." [1]
Reviews
- Review by Scott Winnett (1994) in Locus, #403 August 1994
- Review by Graham Andrews (1996) in Vector 187
- Kliatt [2]
References
- ^ a b c Ramshaw, Cliff (January 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane (2). Future Publishing: 91.
- ^ "Kliatt 1994-09: Vol 28 Iss 5". Kliatt Paperback Book Guide. September 1994.