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Gallows Hill Mass market paperbound - 1998

by Duncan, Lois

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  • Title Gallows Hill
  • Author Duncan, Lois
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 545738-6
  • ISBN 9780440227250 / 0440227259
  • Weight 0.27 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.22 x 0.69 in (17.53 x 10.72 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 900
  • Library of Congress subjects Witchcraft, Extrasensory perception
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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As that thought took form in her mind, Sarah found herself struck by a feeling of such abrupt and intense foreboding that it was as if a black void had opened directly in front of her.  In that instant of dislocation, as she fought to maintain her equilibrium and keep from tumbling headfirst into the pit of darkness, a voice seemed to shout directly into her right ear.

"Guilty as charged!" it bellowed.  "Away to Gallows Hill!"

"No!" Sarah heard herself whimper.  "I didn't really mean it!"

"Poor little Betty," another voice said more gently.  "The child is too frightened to remember.  "

Betty does remember, and she's sorry!  She never should have done it!

For an instant the chasm gaped wider, and then the illusion was gone as if it had never been.  With a gasp of relief, Sarah found herself safe again in the living room, where the only activity was on the television screen and the only voice was Kyra's, tinny and tiny at the other end of the phone line.

"You didn't mean what?" it was asking.  "Does that mean you've changed your mind?"

"Yes," Sarah said.  "I guess so.  But for Rosemary's sake, not yours.  I couldn't care less how 'cool' you think Eric Garrett is."

She replaced the receiver in slow motion and sat down on the sofa, feeling as if she had served a short stint in the Twilight Zone.  Whatever had caused her to have such a bizarre hallucination?  Gallows Hill, she thought, what a horrible name!  Why did it seem so familiar, as did the name Betty?  Had she read or heard about something like this on television?

"That's what I get for not eating," she told herself shakily.  "Low blood sugar can make people dizzy and disoriented."

It was not until she was standing at the microwave, watching the plate of lasagna rotate behind the glass, that she fully realized what she had agreed to.

What have I let myself in for? she thought with dismay.

Like it or not, she had committed to playing a fortune-teller.

Media reviews

Reviewers praise Lois Duncan:

For Gallows Hill:

"Duncan delights in building suspense brick by brick until she has a whole creepy wall to collapse at the climax."
--Publishers Weekly

"Entertaining and enlightening, this is a book that should have wide appeal."
--VOYA

"...An exciting, suspenseful tale that will certainly be welcomed by Duncan's many fans."
--School Library Journal

For The Twisted Window:

"Duncan is a true pro, grounding the twists of her plot lines with sure motivation and providing the reader with several surprises along the way."
--Kirkus Reviews


For Locked in Time:

"Duncan's new thriller is impeccably structured, convincing and harrowing...In the denouement, Duncan proves again her talent for outguessing even veteran mystery buffs."
--Publishers Weekly

For Stranger With My Face:

"The best of the sinister and supernatural is Lois Duncan's Stranger With My Face...Spine-chilling from top to bottom."
--The New York Times


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