num_pages: 352
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 archeologists 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, Horror, Crime, Thriller, Action, Audiobook, Adventure, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Mystery
ratings_count: 6301
places: Ashbury Park, New Jersey, The United States of America
series: Frank Balenger
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Headline