In a terrifying trip across America, young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.

French landing, Wisconsin, is a solid middle-American town inhabited by solid middle-Americans ... and a serial killer. Three children have been taken by a monster nicknamed "The Fisherman". It's all beyond the experience of the local police, whose only hope lies with ex-detective Jack Sawyer.

Forty years ago, Spenser Mallon led a group of young students to witness a brutal, ritual murder. The survivors never recovered. Now it seems he's back...

A dark, haunting, multi-layered story of detection and suspense from the acclaimed author of Koko, The Talisman and Mr X. First published in 1990 and now reissued in a new cover style.

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Part of the Dark Voices series, which features award-winning, best-selling authors reading their own short fiction. This volume features Peter Straub's Ashputtle .

Peter Straub's most acclaimed and biggest-selling novel -- a visceral thriller with its roots in Vietnam -- now reissued in a new cover style and making its first appearance on the HarperCollins list.

A classic tale of supernatural horror from the acclaimed author of Koko, The Talisman and Mr X. Now reissued in a new cover style.

A dazzling new chilller from the bestselling author of Koko and lost boy lost girl.

A murder mystery set on the small Caribbean island of Mill Walk, in which the grandson of a powerful establishment figure digs into the dark secrets of the people who own and run the island. Other titles by the author include Ghost Story , Koko , If You Could See Me Now , and Julia .

Tim Underhill, the haunted Vietnam-vet hero of "Koko", courts ultimate destruction as he dares to look back to a dark past that holds the secret of the evil which signs its name "Blue Rose". The author also wrote "Mystery".

This chiller is from the author of 'Koko' and 'Lost Boy Lost Girl'.

A classic tale of supernatural horror from the acclaimed author of Koko, The Talisman and Mr X. Now reissued in a new cover style.

A collection of short stories from the acclaimed "master of horror". Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche in these seven tales of living, dying and the terror that lies in between.

A week after a woman kills herself for no apparent reason, her teenage son disappears. The boy's uncle returns to his hometown to discover what he can. He believes that the boy's disappearance is connected to an old house. This psychological thriller has a supernatural twist in its tail.

Publishers Chancel House face financial ruin when rumours about the origins of their bestseller "Night Journey" resurface. When Dick Dart kidnaps Nora Chancel, he takes her on a terrifying tour that echoes "Night Journey". Her only hope of escape lies in finding the truth behind the book.

Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralysing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr X. - and again his birthday is fast approaching.

This tale of supernatural horror from the author of "Koko", "The Talisman" and "Mr X." concerns two boys at a New England boarding school. Del introduces Tom to his world of magic tricks. But at Shadowland - Del's uncle's lakeside estate - their hobby suddenly takes on much more sinister tones.