In the Dark - Richard Laymon

...the rest of his books in no time. I was, however, very much disappointed. ~*~ THE PLOT Jane Kerry is the new librarian at Donnerville Public Library. She’s desperate to make a good impression on the visitors, but is getting slightly bored with the daily routine of her life. However, all this is about to change, when a mysterious envelope with her name on it appears at the library desk. What could it be, and more importantly, who is it ...
...to a book that is in stock at the library, where she finds another $100, as well as another cryptic message. With her new friend Brace guiding and accompanying her, Jane continues to play the game, and every time she solves a clue or completes a task, she receives double the previous reward. However, the tasks increase in difficulty each time, and every time Jane seeks out another payout, she puts herself in more danger, and her actions begin to ...

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...town and gets a job in the local Library. She feels her life is very mundane and boring and she will not be able to meet new people but then an envelope appears on her desk in the library with her name on it. She opens it to find $50 and a note with a clue which leads her upstairs to a book where she finds another envelope with a note but this time with $100. The notes are signed MOG (Master of Games) and each note has another clue which leads her ...
...in order to get the next envelope, each containing twice as much money as before. I started off really enjoying this book and thought the suspense was quite good and 'where will she be sent and what will she have to do next?' but then I thought the book started to get a little far fetched. First of all she is being sent to stranger and stranger places and being asked to do horrible things (such as walk into an abandoned house, go upstairs to an ...

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...Kerry is the new librarian in small town Donnerville.One evening as she is getting ready to close up she discovers a envelope addressed to her.Upon opening it she finds a note wrapped around a fifty dollar bill. The note reads 'Look homeward,angel' signed Master Of Games.Checking the Thomas Wolfe novel of the same title she discovers another envelope with another note and one hundred dollars. Her tasks cause her to meet up with Brace a college ...
...As the payoff increases in value so does the risk to Jane herself and M.O.G insists she completes the tasks without any help from Brace.Jane is put in more and more dangerous situations and on several occasions is forced to fight for her life. As the tasks begin to require she does crazy and immoral things she tries to quit.But M.O.G has other ideas.Breaking into her home as she sleeps he carves messages into her skin leaving no trace of his ...

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In the Dark is definitely one of Laymon's better books, which keeps you guessing right to the end. It's about Jane, a librarian, who out of the blue receives an anonymous letter with a cryptic clue leading her to a financial reward. One clue leads to another, but as the prizes become bigger, the feats she has to perform become more and more sinister, dangerous and downright evil! It's a brilliantly written novel, full of surprises, and Laymon even ...

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