num_pages: 8
description: Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer. But he is also fifty pounds overweight and, as his doctor keeps reminding him, heading into heart attack country. Then in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street—and her ancient father passes a bizarre and terrible judgment on him. "Thinner," the old gypsy man whispers, and caresses his cheeks like a lover. Just one word... but six weeks later and ninety-three pounds lighter, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He's terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.
language: English
title: Thinner
titlecomplete: Thinner
characters: Richie Ginelli, Billy Halleck, Heidi Halleck, Taduz Lemke, Gina Lemke, Linda Halleck
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural, Adult, Horror, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 204421
places: Maine, Connecticut
publisher: Penguin Audio