Starkville [Paperback]

Fred Wiehe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 13, 2001

Starkville, a sleepy burg in the Sierra Foothills, is under attack. Something is infecting its people, transforming trusted friends into psychotic killers.Maggie Stark, a retired homicide detective, hopes to escape the nightmares and death that surround her family and former career. To this end, she leaves San Francisco with her eight year old son, Billy, and returns to her home town. But Starkville is not her salvation, as she had hoped. Violence erupts all around her. And when Deputy Sheriff Sam Waters calls on her investigative acumen to solve a puzzling and brutal murder-suicide, she is reluctant, yet resigned, to help him with the strange and eerie mystery.The investigation takes a bizarre twist when she and Sam become embroiled with a one hundred and fifty year old Chinese man named Wing Sun. Only Wing Sun knows the deadly secret concerning the outbreak of violence that infects the town! Only he knows how to destroy the evil invading Starkville!

Editorial Reviews

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Fred Wiehe has written a fast paced, non-stop story that will draw you in and keep you hooked. -- Simegen.com

This is one of the best horror/sci-fi books I've read in a long time...an excellent addition to anyone's collection. -- Tracy's Book Reviews

This story will send chills down your spine! You will not be able to stop reading until the last page! -- Huntress Reviews

About the Author

Fred Wiehe is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Starkville is his second novel. His first, Strange Days, holds the distinction of being one of the first novels ever published electronically, by Compu Books. Mr. Wiehe now lives in San Jose, California with his wife and two sons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (March 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059517924X
• ISBN-13: 978-0595179244
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,354,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Starkville is a page turner!, October 26, 2001

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Suzanne Brenner (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starkville (Paperback)

Reading this book was like a rollercoaster ride for me--exciting and full of twists and turns. I cared deeply for the characters. I wanted no harm to come to them. However, harm did come, and I cried. I didn't want this one to end!