From A Buick 8
Stephen King
Simon and Schuster
<p><span>Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage ’54 Buick Roadmaster. At least, that’s what it looks like...</span></p><p><span>There is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret that has drawn troopers for twenty years – terrified yet irresistibly tempted to look at its chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system.</span></p><p><span>Young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow; it’s a boy’s way of holding on to his father – recently killed in a strange road accident by another Buick.</span></p><p><span>And one day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir...</span></p>