Why did Gary love this book?
I ordered this 1977 horror novel for free download from an e-book distributor on a lark and received a satisfying surprise. In Bonegrinder, veteran St. Louis mystery author John Lutz introduced me to a monster different from the normal run of zombies, werewolves, or vampires.
I had encountered a similar monster once before in my literary travels, as a kid in the 1950s watching the television series “Cheyenne.” So, I had suspicions about the Bonegrinder before Lutz ultimately unveiled it near the end of the book. But I enjoyed the search.
Set in the Missouri Ozarks, the book follows an ensemble cast of interesting characters trying to solve the unexplainable series of gruesome murders terrifying the rural community, with the local sheriff leading the hunt.
Besides the suspense of solving the mystery, Lutz employs several dramatic subplots for his characters that allow the reader to explore the emotions of…
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When the men find him, the boy’s legs look like they were run through a wood-chipper. He’s bleeding heavily and near death, but he still has strength to tell them of the monster that attacked a dark, massive creature that emerged from the bottom of the lake. The child dies before he can say more.
Sheriff Billy Wintone has seen too much superstition, drunkenness, and rage in this small Ozarks town to believe the delirious boy’s tale of a monster lurking under the lake’s dark waters. Like it or not, however, Wintone must scour the woods for the man or…