Thursday, October 31, 2013

Consumer Critique: L Ron Hubbard Thrillers

Disclosure: I received complimentary products to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own.

“L. Ron Hubbard’s Fear is one of the few books in the chiller genre which actually merits employment of the overworked adjective ‘classic,’ as in ‘This is a classic tale of creeping, surreal menace and horror.’ If you’re not averse to a case of the cold chills—a rather bad one—and you’ve never read Fear, I urge you to do so. . . . This is one of the really, really good ones.” —Stephen King

High praise from one of modern time's most recognizable names in thrillers! I recently had a chance to listen to the audiobooks for several of Hubbard's books. If you like thrillers, here are some of the ones available:

Dead Men Kill: Detective Terry Lane is a standout cop—as tough as Eliot Ness of The Untouchables—who thought he’d seen it all . . . until now.  But he’s never seen a murder spree like this.  The evidence is clear: the killers have not emerged from the underside of the city, but from six feet under it—the walking dead. And if Lane doesn’t think outside the box . . . he could end up inside one, buried alive.

Carnival of Death: In the movie The Big Sleep, Bogart as Philip Marlowe follows a trail of decadence and murder on the dark side of L.A. But even that pales in comparison to the freak show found by undercover U.S. narcotics agent Bob Clark . . . in The Carnival of Death. Clark’s investigation begins with cocaine and leads to two headless corpses. Who is behind the slaughter? There are plenty of distractions—bright lights and beautiful girls—but Clark better find the murderers fast. Because the next head that rolls could be his own.

Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Before Indiana Jones was even a gleam in Spielberg’s eye, one intrepid pilot flew out of the sky . . . into a bit of hell on earth. Captain Gordon is flying a team of anthropologists to the mountains of the Middle East in search of ancient history. But the discovery of a long-buried map leads to high adventure, untold treasure, and cold-blooded murder. . . .

FEAR: Professor James Lowry didn’t believe in spirits, or witches, or demons. Not until a gentle spring evening when his hat disappeared, and suddenly he couldn’t remember the last four hours of his life. Now, the quiet university town of Atworthy is changing—slightly at first, then faster and more frighteningly each time he tries to remember. Lowry is pursued by a dark, secret evil that is turning his whole world against him while it whispers a warning from the shadows: If you find your hat you’ll find your four hours. If you find your four hours then you will die. . . .


I don't normally like horror novels, or listen to audiobooks. But I did enjoy these - especially for this time of year. They weren't gruesome horror novels, they were great thrillers. And it was nice to listen to books for a change - I could listen while doing dishes or laundry, and kill two birds with one stone. If you like thriller novels, be sure to check these out! You can find these titles and more at most bookstores, and more information at Golden Age Stories.

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