CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Dedication Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One About the Author
PROLOGUE The words CLUB FEAR blinked in bloodred neon above the door's entrance A stone gargoyle or some nightmarish creature perched above it as if surveying its prey The stranger who wore a clean white suit handmade Italian shoes and a feathered fedora hat tapped his walking stick against the door three times He waited patiently as the spine-rattling thump of heavy bass pulsed from inside The solid iron door opened with a groan A woman with short red hair and black lipstick stood before him Hello the stranger said his eyes hidden by the brim of his hat The woman snapped her gum and gave him the once over Yeah she asked not too kindly The stranger grinned and it was a wide grin that seemed to take up his whole face I'm here to see a friend he said His name is Nightmare
