Translated by Robert B. Rohmer and Glynne Walley.

I've been looking for this one for some time now, I was so psyched to see it at Hastings this evening... and even more so because I had a 50% off coupon for up to 2 books! This is headed to my TBR, but will be read sooner than most!

Cover blurb:

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.

Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan Tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. his attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency.

I really enjoyed this book. I've seen both the original and the US remake of the films, and thought the original was far superior. The book... well, as usual, it was even better. Hard to put down, this kept me gripping the pages, I couldn't wait to find out what was about to happen!

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Left on one of the gas pumps... pump-n-read! Enjoy this book, it's great!

Released for my 2008 Chills & Spills Read & Release Challenge!