Island
(Richard Laymon)
Another horror novel by Richard Laymon.
Island tells the story of a shipwrecked family, stranded on a seemingly deserted island after their yacht was blown up nearby. There are four women: Billie, Kimberley, Connie and Thelma and there are three men: Andrew, Keith and Rupert. Another man is Wesley who was aoard the yacht when it exploded (or so it would seem). Rupert is the hero of the novel which is written in the form of a journal which Rupert keeps.
On their first night there, Keith is murdered. They find him hung from a tree.
On the second day, Andrew is murdered, and Wesley turns out to be alive and the killer. He blew up the yacht to capture the whole family on the island. Thelma, Wesley's wife, cannot bear to see the others fight him, so she runs off and joins him after trying to wipe out Rupert.
At first, the survivors believe that Wesley is after money, because their family is rich, and killing them all would leave him as a sole heir. But as they realize that he goes for the men and leaves the women unscathed, they realize that his goal is much more sinister and twisted.
After a surprise attack in which Rupert is left for dead by Wesley and Thelma, he finds himself alone and searches the island for sign of the other three women.
He finds them imprisoned by Wesley and Thelma and kept for their psychotic pleasures.
Here the final battle between Rupert and the joint forces of Wesley and Thelma takes place.
Review:
Island is a terrific horror novel. It is graphic as are all of Laymon's novels and this one involves sexual depravity as well. It is not for the squeamish, for it filled with cruelty. But it is a very recommended read. It is fast paced, well written, with believable characters and well established dialogues. It is also damn fun to read.
One starnge thing in all of Laymon novels is the way in which women seem to recover from rape: as if at ease. That's about the only thing that I found wrong with the novel.
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