num_pages: 354
description: On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the New Jersey shore and begin preparations to break in to 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 a highly illegal activity—for a New York Times article.Frank Balenger 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.The darkest secrets live in places you’re not supposed to be.
language: English
title: Creepers
titlecomplete: Creepers (Frank Balenger, #1)
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: CDS Books