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, 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