The Stake
Review by Vance, submitted on 1-Apr-1995

Here is a short review, and a few spoilers for the book "The Stake" by Richard Laymon. (ISBN 0-8217-4897-1 US $4.99) April 1995

Larry Dunbar is a horror writer. While one a short trip to get away, they decide to visit a real ghost town, Sagebrush Flat. There they find an old shot-up jukebox, and a corpse of a staked vampire. Pete convinces Larry to write a book based on their find. Larry starts learning more of their corpse. Her name, when she when to school, and when she disappeared. There's also a mysterious stranger, which doesn't want the vampire returned to life.

I'm not going to include the side story about his daughter, but it does work into the main story.

This book wasn't what I though it would be. I won't say if there are real vampires or not, for that would give away the ending. This book is different, and it is slow at the beginning, but once things get going, it can be hard to put down.