# Dead in the Water - Paperback

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by **Nancy Holder** (Author)

**From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nancy Holder comes a chilling novel of horror on the sea. _This is how it will be when you drown. . . ._**

At a sun-washed dock in Long Beach, California, the creaky freighter, _Morris,_ loaded with brightly colored boxcars, takes on passengers. Among the vacationers: a disgruntled yuppie couple, a child stricken by cancer, a woman searching for her lost husband, and a female cop packing a .38 and bitter memories of a boy who drowned before her eyes.

In seas of love and blood they will drown, one at a time. And for their company, they will have those who have drowned before them--and those who have received a message in a bottle. . . .

**Praise for _Dead in the Water_**

"_Dead in the Water_ is saturated with brooding, claustrophobic, hallucinatory menace. Nancy Holder's vivid voice and sharp characterization make it all real. I'm never going on a boat again!"**\--Poppy Z. Brite**

"_Dead in the Water_ is an involving and truly frightening book. This is the kind of horror that gets underneath your skin and works its way into your soul. Real terror . . . for those daring enough to take the trip. I enjoyed it immensely."**\--Rick Hautala**

"Nancy Holder proves why she's an award-winning author. Eerie--effective--excellent! A chilling combination of _Lifeboat, Ship of Fools,_ and John Carpenter's _The Fog, Dead in the Water_ keeps you treading water with every page, gasping for breath, sucking you under. A nightmare cruise into black waters and terrifying depths."**\--Lisa Cantrell**

"I'd feel safer in the water with _Jaws_."**\--Brian Lumley**

"A nasty tale well told, infused with the eerily surreal quality of fevered nightmares. Discovering Nancy Holder is like finding a vein of true horror gold."**\--Cheri Scotch**

"Man the lifeboats. Don your life jacket. Nancy Holder takes you on a cruise you won't soon forget. Scary stuff."**\--Maxine O'Callaghan**

"I couldn't put it down! A whale of a tale. A page-turner--the first sentence will hook you and what follows will reel you in. _Dead in the Water_ is fast-paced and exciting, mysterious and spooky!"**\--Chris Curry**

"Nancy Holder enshrouds fascinating characters within a chilling atmosphere and creates a relentless tale of terror at sea. Holder is one of my favorite writers."**\--Elizabeth Massie**

### Author Biography

**Nancy Holder** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of the Wicked series (with coauthor Debbie Viguié) and the Possessions series. She has written many novels and short stories set in the _Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Hellboy,_ and _Smallville_ universes. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she is a former director of children's ministries for her local United Methodist church. She lives in San Diego with her daughter, Belle, two cats, and Panda Monium Holder, a Cardigan Welsh Corgi.

**Number of Pages:** 428

**Dimensions:** 0.96 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** May 19, 2005

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