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Dead in the Water (Holder novel)
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Wikipedia article
'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 cancer-ridden boy and his doctor father, a bickering wealthy couple, an old lady whose husband was lost at sea, and a female cop who once failed to save the life of a drowning boy) aboard a rickety old freighter.
Reception
Cliff Ramshaw reviewed 'Dead in the Water' for 'Arcane' magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall. 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."
Reviews
*Review by Scott Winnett (1994) in Locus, #403 August 1994
*Review by Graham Andrews (1996) in Vector 187
References
Category:1994 novels
Category:Bram Stoker Award for Novel winners
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