num_pages: 7
description: On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure—which foreshadowed the beauties of art deco architecture—is now boarded up and marked for demolition.The five people are “creepers,” the slang term for urban explorers: city archaeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them—anonymously, as this is highly illegal activity—for a New York Times article.Frank Balenger, a sandy-haired, broad-shouldered reporter with a decided air of mystery about him, isn’t looking for just a story, however. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil.
language: English
title: Creepers
titlecomplete: Creepers
genres: Fiction, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 6298
places: Ashbury Park, The United States of America, New Jersey
series: Frank Balenger
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Brilliance Audio