John Ajvide Lindqvist

Twelve-year-old Oskar is obsessed by the murder that's taken place in his neighborhood. Then he meets the new girl from next door. She's a bit weird, though. And she only comes out at night--Publisher's description.

John Ajvide Lindqvist has been crowned the heir apparent to Stephen King by numerous sources, and he is heralded around the globe as one of the most spectacularly talented horror writers working today. His first novel, Let the Right One In, is a cult classic that has been made into iconic films in both Sweden and in the United States. His second novel, Handling the Undead, is beloved by horror fans everywhere. His third novel, Harbor, is a masterpiece that draws countless comparisons to Stephen King. Now, with Little Star, his most profoundly unsettling book yet, Lindqvist treads previously unmarked territory. A man finds a baby in the woods, left for dead. He brings the baby home, and he and his wife raise the girl in their basement. When a shocking and catastrophic incident occurs, the couple’s son Jerry whisks the girl away to Stockholm to start a new life. There, he enters her in a nationwide singing competition. Another young girl who’s never fit in sees the performance on TV, and a spark is struck that will ignite the most terrifying duo in modern fiction. Little Star is an unforgettable portrait of adolescence, a modern-day Carrie for the age of internet bullies, offensive reality television, and overnight You Tube sensations. Chilling, unnerving, and petrifying, Little Star is Lindqvist’s most disturbing book to date.

When power problems in Stockholm lead to the dead reviving, a grandfather looks forward to seeing his grandson, while a widower is dismayed by the changes in his wife, in a look at the effect of the return of the dead on those they left.

"A compelling, eerie new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Let the Right One In. "Sweden's Stephen King." --The Washington Post "One of the hottest writers in the horror genre." --Mystery Scene "At the top of his game, Lindqvist gives Stephen King and John Saul at their best a run for the money." --Library Journal (starred) "Dubbed the Stephen King of Sweden, Lindqvist lives up to the billing." --New York Post Four families wake up one morning in their trailer on an ordinary campsite. However, during the night something strange has happened. Everything outside the camping grounds has disappeared, and the world has been transformed into an endless expanse of grass. The sky is blue, but there is no sign of the sun; there are no trees, no flowers, no birds. And every radio plays nothing but the songs of sixties pop icon Peter Himmelstrand. As the holiday-makers try to come to terms with what has happened, they are forced to confront their deepest fears and secret desires. Past events that each of them has tried to bury rise to the surface and take on terrifying physical forms. Can any of them find a way back to reality?"--

Shattered by her father's murder, Zoe West abandoned her plans to become an FBI agent and left her hometown of Goose Harbor, Maine. When she returns to her hometown to find answers, she finds burned-out FBI Special Agent J.B. McGrath on extended leave. He believes a killer is still loose in Goose Harbor, a killer who isn't happy to see Zoe return.

Oskar, un niño solitario y triste que vive en los suburbios de Estocolmo, tiene una curiosa afición: le gusta coleccionar recortes de prensa sobre asesinatos violentos. No tiene amigos y sus compañeros de clase se mofan de él y le maltratan. Una noche conoce a Eli, su nueva vecina, una misteriosa niña que nunca tiene frío, despide un olor extraño y suele ir acompañada de un hombre de aspecto siniestro. Oskar se siente fascinado por Eli y se hacen inseparables. Al mismo tiempo, una serie de crímenes y sucesos extraños hace sospechar a la policía local de la presencia de un asesino en serie. Nada más lejos de la realidad. Una historia de terror contemporáneo de extraordinaria originalidad que entusiasmará a los aficionados al género.

Continues the story of Oskar and Eli from the author's "Let the Right One In," and includes "Equinox," in which a woman makes a disturbing discovery while taking care of her vacationing neighbor's house.