Die Treppe im See

Дредс Хэнд – забытый всеми город на Аляске, больше похожий на дурное воспоминание. Именно здесь год назад пропал без вести брат-близнец Пола Галло. Когда же выясняется, что местный охотник оказался серийным убийцей, который расчленил и захоронил в лесу около десяти туристов, Пол отправляется на Аляску узнать, что же на самом деле случилось с его братом. Но выяснить правду не так-то просто. Здесь ходят легенды о дьяволе, что крадет человеческие души, уже столетие происходят странные и необъяснимые события, коренные жители отказываются общаться с чужаками, а повсюду вокруг деревянные кресты, которые, по преданиям, не дают тому, что живет в лесу, добраться до людей. И вскоре Пол понимает, что ответы на вопросы могут быть ужаснее, чем он думал, и дурная слава Дредс Хэнда – всего лишь отголосок реального кошмара, который проник в этот город.

Following the success of his latest novel, Travis Glasgow and his wife Jodie buy their first house in the seemingly idyllic western Maryland town of Westlake. At first, everything is picture perfect—from the beautiful lake behind the house to the rebirth of the friendship between Travis and his brother, Adam, who lives nearby. Travis also begins to overcome the darkness of his childhood and the guilt he’s harbored since his younger brother’s death—a tragic drowning veiled in mystery that has plagued Travis since he was 13. Soon, though, the new house begins to lose its allure. Strange noises wake Travis at night, and his dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened hallways, but strangest of all is the bizarre set of wooden stairs that rises cryptically out of the lake behind the house. Travis becomes drawn to the structure, but the more he investigates, the more he uncovers the house’s violent and tragic past, and the more he learns that some secrets cannot be buried forever.

A brutal snowstorm has blanketed the area and brought with it translucent phantoms that invade humans and drive them to murder.

After the death of his ex-wife, successful sculptor Tim Overleigh trades in his lucrative career for the world of extreme sports, but when a caving accident nearly ends his life, Tim falls into a self-destructive depression. On the cusp of madness, an old friend convinces him to join a team of men climbing the Godesh ridge in Nepal. When this journey of mythical and spiritual discovery rapidly turns deadly as the climbers fall victim to a murderer within their group, the remaining survivors begin to wonder if any of them will escape the mountains alive.

From Publishers Weekly

A challenge to undertake a dangerous climb in the Himalayas in Nepal might help Tim Overleigh salvage his life or lose it in Malfi's harrowing tale of six men following one man's obsession on a nearly impossible quest. Andrew Trumbauer, a rich, eccentric, charismatic daredevil, assembles and outfits the group of men, each chosen by him for a particular reason. Overleigh, once a noted sculptor, descended into alcoholism after his wife, Hannah, left him and was later killed in a car accident. The men's route leads from the Valley of Walls to the Sanctuary of the Gods and the Hall of Mirrors before reaching the never before crossed Canyon of Souls. Intense descriptions of the rigors of the climb alternate with Overleigh's backstory and his growing realization that Trumbauer has more than one agenda. Malfi (Shamrock Alley) delivers a nearly straightforward adventure story of man against the elements with man being the most dangerous element of all.