To Wake The Dead

richard laymon, idiot savant, ladles out another another tasty helping of fast-paced horror, amusing & ridiculous banter, inexplicable character motivation, bloody mayhem, sexual torture, horny juveniles, and eye-rolling coincidence. this rich stew is chock-full of laugh-out-loud (or gasp-out-loud)......more

On the subject of mummy boobs, philosophers have been suspiciously silent. Until Laymon, that is! Yes, Laymon does a mummy novel and I was surprised how much I liked this one. The story juggles multiple plot lines as a killer mummy breaks loose from a museum seeking babies to call her own and kill a......more

This is my first Laymon novel and I call myself a horror fan!?! Laymon has been writing his brand (and it is a very distinctive brand) of horror books since the 80's and it is only now, in 2017, that I have read one of his books. I got this hardcover from a second hand bookshop and it was the mummy......more

After being a big Laymon fan in the 00s I’m revisiting his work and I think Amara may be my favourite so far. Amara was once the wife of Mentuhotep the First, 4000 years ago. She now lies undisturbed in a coffin in the Charles Ward Museum. But when Barney the nightwatchman discovers her coffin has b......more

After reading more than a dozen Laymon books Ive determined that you have to go into one of his novels with a few rules in mind: #1 Do not take his novels too seriously. Just...don't. #2 Expect unnecessary sex in his books #3. Don't judge the author on his literary skills. He's no Shakespeare #4 Expect......more