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Chain Letter

  • 1986 first published
  • 185 pages
  • ★ 3.0 (3 ratings)
  • 6 editions

Published in 1986, Chain Letter is a horror novel by Christopher Pike. The story is set in California. It features Alison Parker. Readers will find themes of mental illness, loneliness, letters and secrets.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 109 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

At about 185 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About Chain Letter

They all shared the same secret...now they would share the same terror When Alison first read the chain letter signed 'Your Caretaker', she thought it was some terrible sick joke. Someone, somewhere knew about that awful night when she and six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate California desert. And now that person was determined to make them pay for it. One by one, the chain letter came to each of them... demanding dangerous, impossible deeds... threatening violence if the demands were not met. No one out of the seven wanted to believe that this nightmare was really happening to them. Until the accidents started happening - and the dying...
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Alison Parker

Subjects

  • Mystery fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Horror fiction
  • Juvenile works
  • Mental illness
  • Loneliness
  • Letters
  • Secrets
  • American Young adult fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Horror stories
  • California

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Chain Letter?

Chain Letter was written by Christopher Pike and first published in 1986.

What genre is Chain Letter?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Chain Letter?

The median edition has 185 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Chain Letter?

Readers who like it often enjoy Phantoms, Midnight and Twilight.

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