The Cypress House

When Arlen Wagner awakens on a train one hot Florida night and sees death's telltale sign in the eyes of his fellow passengers, he tries to warn them. Only 19-year-old Paul Brickhill believes him, and the two abandon the train, hoping to escape certain death. They continue south, but are soon strand...

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Main Author: Koryta, Michael
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:When Arlen Wagner awakens on a train one hot Florida night and sees death's telltale sign in the eyes of his fellow passengers, he tries to warn them. Only 19-year-old Paul Brickhill believes him, and the two abandon the train, hoping to escape certain death. They continue south, but are soon stranded at the Cypress House--an isolated Gulf Coast boarding house run by the beautiful Rebecca Cady--directly in the path of an approaching hurricane. But the storm isn't the only approaching danger.
Item Description:Includes an excerpt from The ridge.
Physical Description:426 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 417).
ISBN:9780316053723 (hbk.)
0316053724 (hbk.)
Author Notes:While still in high school, Michael Koryta worked as a newspaper reporter and for a private investigator. His first book, Tonight I Said Goodbye, was published when he was twenty-one years old and an undergraduate at Indiana University. It won the Great Lakes Book Award for best mystery. Envy the Night won the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery/thriller. He is the author of the Lincoln Perry series and teaches at the Indiana University School of Journalism.

Koryta's book Those Who Wish Me Dead made the Nwe York Time bestseller list in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)