The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 11: Island & QuakeISLAND When eight people go on a cruise to the Bahamas, they plan to swim, sunbathe and relax. But after their yacht blows up, they find themselves stranded on a desert island. As they wait to be rescued, it becomes clear they're not alone on the island. In the jungle behind the beach there's a maniac on the loose with murder in his heart. And he's plotting to kill them all, one by one QUAKE Twenty minutes before the quake hits, Stanley is ogling a

and crammed full of fascinating (and gruesome) facts

Felice Benuzzi is transfixed

The Somme has remained a byword for the futility of war ever since

elitists and wicked witches

As Seidenberg shows

And they need Rex to solve their mysterious deadly departures from the Middling Falls Zoo before it happens again

Extreme social anxiety and shyness can be crippling but they are readily treated using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

They rushed from the beach up to Plugge's Plateau into Australian military history suffering many casualties on the way

often risking their lives in the process

and ensure a happily-ever-after for the End of the Story

" said Arthur

and starved themselves