Fatal Attraction

by Craig Jones

Though a thriller and of the same name as the famous Michael Douglas movie, this book has a different storyline about rapist stalking a town.

Genres: Horror

Hardcover

First published January 12, 1984

About the author

Craig Jones was born in California and grew up in Michigan. He earned a B.A. in English from Michigan State University and an M.A. in Drama & Cinema from New York University. He has taught high school English (in Brooklyn), worked as a copywriter for Barnes & Noble’s Catalogue, written book reviews for a Connecticut newspaper, and served as a caregiver for two longtime friends. He lived in New York City for twenty-three years, in rural Connecticut for ten, and now resides in his home state. His other two novels are Fatal Attraction (not the basis for the film) and Too Late To Be Good. He is currently completing a new work.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fatal Attraction has the same title as the infamous Michael Douglas/Glenn Close film from 1988. Though it's also a suspense thriller, it has a completely different storyline, which involves a mad rapist stalking a town, and a fractured family that gets caught up in the case. It's an entertaining, occasionally surprising tale, but nowhere near as good as the author's far superior, highly recommended 1978 psychological thriller Blood Secrets, which Valancourt Books recently reissued.

[T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The ending was super weird.

[Madelyn Boyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Without going into too much detail, I really enjoyed this book, but was not a fan of how it ended.