A sinuous, erotic thriller about obsession and the temptation of ultimate power

‘Fiendish. The ultimate fin de siècle horror novel.’ Stephen King

Kay Norris, a successful book editor, moves into the affluent Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan, into an apartment in a slender high-rise. A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building: a shocking secret is concealed within the walls.

Sliver is a sinuous, erotic thriller that explores the menacing evil behind the glittering façade of Manhattan’s skyscrapers; a hypnotic story of obsession and the temptation of ultimate power.

‘Levin’s thriller, Sliver, is as successful a page-turner as his first, A Kiss Before Dying . . . Ira Levin never gets serious, he just gets better.’ Entertainment Weekly

'Sliver is the ultimate fin de siècle horror novel' Stephen King


Kay Norris, a successful book editor, moves into the affluent Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan, into an apartment in a slender high-rise. A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building: a shocking secret is concealed within the walls.


Sliver is a sinuous, erotic thriller that explores the menacing evil behind the glittering façade of Manhattan's skyscrapers; a hypnotic story of obsession and the temptation of ultimate power.