Super Short Summary

In Peter Straub’s The Throat, an acclaimed novelist, Tim Underhill, teams up with his old army friend, Ransom, to solve a series of murders in their hometown of Millhaven, Illinois. As they investigate the new killings resembling those of the notorious Blue Rose Killer, they seek help from their reclusive friend Tom Pasmore and a convicted murderer named Walter Dragonette. The investigation forces Tim to confront his past and the traumas of his Vietnam War experience. The murders involve disturbing themes including graphic violence.