WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/47077033

Pig Island

A born skeptic, journalist Joe Oakes believes everything has a rational explanation. He makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a remote Scottish island and a secretive religious community accused of Satanism, everything he thinks he knows is overturned. What has happened to Pastor Malachi Dove, the leader of the community' Why will no one discuss the strange apparition seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island' The answers will lead Oakes to a confrontation and a bloody aftermath that force him to question whether he might not be responsible for a terrible crime. In this compulsive and disturbing novel, Britain's "Queen of Fear" dares her readers to face their terror head-on.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

alternateName

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "A born skeptic, journalist Joe Oakes believes everything has a rational explanation. He makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a remote Scottish island and a secretive religious community accused of Satanism, everything he thinks he knows is overturned. What has happened to Pastor Malachi Dove, the leader of the community' Why will no one discuss the strange apparition seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island' The answers will lead Oakes to a confrontation and a bloody aftermath that force him to question whether he might not be responsible for a terrible crime. In this compulsive and disturbing novel, Britain's "Queen of Fear" dares her readers to face their terror head-on."@en
  • "Omdat hij een persoonlijke vete heeft met de zelfbenoemde leider van een sekte, doet een journalist onderzoek naar de handel en wandel van die sekte op een Schots eiland."
  • "Investigative journalist Joe Oaks is on the trail of a strange creature caught on some amateur film footage: a figure so deformed it can hardly be human. Recently arrived on the remote Scottish island where it was sighted, he is determined to expose the creature as the religious hoax it so obviously must be. But his confrontation, and its violent and bloody aftermath, is so catastrophic that it forces him to question the nature of evil, and whether he might not be responsible for the terrible crimes about to unfold."@en
  • "Joe Oakes, a journalist who makes his living exposing supernatural hoaxes, visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island and finds everything he thought he knew overturned."
  • "SEE EVIL Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes.But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island forces him to question everything he thought he knew. HEAR EVIL Why have the islanders been accused of Satanism? What has happened to their leader?And why will no one discuss the strange creature seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island? READ EVIL In PIG ISLAND, Mo Hayder dares you to face your fears head on and to look at what lurks beneath the surface of everyday normality.It's about the unspeakable things people do to each other. Brace yourself for a terrifying read."
  • "The remote Scottish island where investigative journalist Joe Oakes has just arrived has been divided into two clear halves. On one side lives the obscure religious community and on the other side, fenced off by high voltage electric wire, is where David Dove, the community's founder and leader, lives in total isolation."
  • "Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. A born skeptic, he believes everything from Bigfoot to the Loch Ness Monster has a rational explanation. But when he visits a remote Scottish island as the guest of a secretive religious community, everything he thought he knew is overturned. Questions mount: Why has the group been accused of Satanism? What has happened to their leader, Pastor Malachi Dove? And perhaps most importantly, why will no one discuss the strange apparition seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island?"@en
  • "Auf einer Insel vor der schottischen Küste geht der Teufel umher. Der Journalist Joe Oakes erhält die Einladung, ein Interview mit den dort lebenden Mitgliedern einer geheimnisumwitterten Sekte zu führen. Als er die Insel betritt entfesselt er einen Sturm der Gewalt."
  • "Hartnäckig hält sich das Gerücht, dass auf Cuagach Eilean, auch 'Pig Island' genannt, der Teufel umgeht. Genaues weiss allerdings niemand, denn seit Jahren durfte kein Fremder die kleine Insel vor der schottischen Küste betreten. Bis der Journalist Joe Oakes die Einladung erhält, die dort lebenden Mitglieder einer geheimnisumwitterten Sekte zu besuchen. Oakes, dessen Spezialität die Entzauberung scheinbar paranormaler Phänomene ist, nimmt die Einladung gerne an. Er ahnt nicht, dass er damit einen Sturm aus Gewalt und Mord entfesselt, der sich jeglicher Kontrolle entzieht ... Mo Hayder, 1962 in Essex geboren, verliess mit fünfzehn ihr Zuhause, um in London das Abenteuer zu suchen. Sie hat später viele Jahre im Ausland verbracht, unter anderem auch in Tokio, wo sie eine Zeit lang in einem Nachtklub arbeitete und für eine englische Zeitung schrieb. Sie studierte Filmwissenschaften an der American University in Washington D.C. und später Creative Writing an der Bath Spa University. Mit ihrem Debüt, dem Psychothriller "Der Vogelmann", wurde sie über Nacht zur international gefeierten Bestsellerautorin. Seither hat sie ihren Ruf als brillante Spannungsautorin weiter gefestigt. Die Autorin lebt heute mit ihrem Lebensgefährten und ihrer Tochter in der Nähe von Bath."
  • "Omdat hij een persoonlijke vete heeft met de zelfbenoemde leider van een sekte doet een journalist onderzoek naar de handel en wandel van die sekte op een Schots eiland."
  • "Auf einer Insel vor der schottischen Küste geht der Teufel umher. Der Journalist Joe Oakes nimmt erhält die Einladung, ein Interview mit den dort lebenden Migliedern einer geheimnisumwitterten Sekte zu führen. Als er die Insel betritt entfesselt er einen Sturm der Gewalt."
  • "Debunking supernatural hoaxes for a living, journalist Joe Oakes finds his beliefs coming into question on a visit to a remote Scottish island, where a secretive religious community lives apart from a violent band of isolationists who harbor a murderous strange creature."
  • "Debunking supernatural hoaxes for a living, journalist Joe Oakes finds his beliefs coming into question on a visit to a remote Scottish island, where a secretive religious community lives apart from a violent band of isolationists who harbor a murderous strange creature."@en
  • "A born skeptic, journalist Joe Oakes believes everything has a rational explanation. He makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a remote Scottish island and a secretive religious community accused of Satanism, everything he thinks he knows is overturned. What has happened to Pastor Malachi Dove, the leader of the community? Why will no one discuss the strange apparition seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island? The answers will lead Oakes to a confrontation and a bloody aftermath that force him to question whether he might not be responsible for a terrible crime."@en
  • "Joe Oakes, journaliste, gagne sa vie en démystifiant les prétendus phénomènes paranormaux. En débarquant sur Pig Island, un îlot perdu au large de l'Ecosse, il enquête sur la trentaine d'illuminés vivant en vase clos. Il veut également découvrir ce qu'est devenu le fondateur de la secte, le pasteur Malachi Doyle, un charlatan qu'il a connu dans sa jeunesse et qu'il n'a pas revu depuis vingt ans..."
  • "Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. A born skeptic, he believes everything has a rational explanation. But when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned."@en
  • "Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. A born sceptic, he believes that everything has a rational explanation. But when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned. Questions mount: why has the community been accused of Satanism? What happened to their leader, Pastor Malachi Dove? Most important, why will no-one discuss the strange apparition seen wandering the beaches of Pig Island."

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Paranormal fiction"@en
  • "Thrillery (romány)"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Roman religieux"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Roman à suspense"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Occult fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Thrillers (novels)"
  • "Horror fiction"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Duivelswerk"
  • "Die Sekte Thriller, Lesung ; gekürzte Lesung"
  • "Pig island : roman"
  • "Die Sekte : Thriller"
  • "Ostrov sviní"
  • "Die Sekte : Roman"
  • "Pig Island"
  • "Pig Island"@en
  • "Pig island"@en
  • "Pig island"
  • "Die Sekte Thriller"
  • "Die Sekte Roman"
  • "Ostrov Svineĭ"
  • "Orrore sull'isola : romanzo"@it
  • "Orrore sull'isola : romanzo"

workExample

http://schema.org/workExample