The 5th Witch - Softcover

A new and powerful crime alliance holds Los Angeles in a grip of terror. Anyone who opposes them suffers a horrible fate...but not by human hands. Bizarre accidents, sudden illnesses, inexplicable and gruesome deaths, all eliminate the alliance's enemies and render the crime bosses unstoppable. Every deadly step of the way, their constant companions are four mysterious women, four shadowy figures who wield more power than the crime bosses could ever dream of. But at the heart of the nightmare lies the final puzzle, the secret of...The 5th Witch.

Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh in 1946. His grandfather was Thomas Thorne Baker, the eminent scientist who invented DayGlo and was the first man to transmit news photographs by wireless. After training as a newspaper reporter, Graham went on to edit the British men's magazine Mayfair. At the age of 24, Graham was appointed executive editor of both Penthouse and Penthouse Forum magazines. He is a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Woman, Woman's Own and other mass-market self-improvement magazines. Masterton is the author of more than 100 horror novels, historical sagas, and thrillers. His previous work has been published by Pocket Books, TOR, Signet, and Cemetery Dance. His novel Family Portrait, an homage to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, is the only non-French winner of the prestigious Prix Julia Verlanger in France. His most recognized and widely acclaimed novel, The Manitou (1976), was made into a movie of the same name starring Tony Curtis.