num_pages: 412
description: A New York Times Bestseller Carl Streator is a solitary widower and fortyish newspaper reporter doing a series of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. His investigation uncovers an ominous the presence on the scene of a book of poems opened to an African chant or "culling son." This song turns out to be lethal when spoken or even thought in anyone's direction -- turning Streator into an involuntary serial killer.
language: English
title: Lullaby
titlecomplete: Lullaby
characters: Carl Streator, Helen Hoover Boyle
genres: Fiction, American, Dark, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 97398
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Thorndike Press