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The supermarket shouldn't have been shut. It wasn't normal for Elsie to quit early, or for the guard dog to end up like hamburger meat, or for Elsie herself to feature on the butcher's slab, neatly wrapped and jointed. Residents of Oasis, like hotshot reporter Lacey Allen had better beware!

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  • SDF: Spiritual Development Foundation

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On the night it began, Frank and Joan Bessler left the stifling heat of their home and walked four blocks to Hoffman's Market.

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  1. Richard Laymon (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Paperjacks
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 978-0747247807
Page Count: 228

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Reading Level: Adults

graphic violence, graphic sexual violence

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