# From a Buick 8

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- Book: [From a Buick 8](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-king/from-a-buick-8) ([From a Buick 8.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-king/from-a-buick-8.md))
- Authors: [Stephen King](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-king)
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 978-03-4087-459-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2002-08-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage '54 Buick Roadmaster. At least, that's what it looks like . . . 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. 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. 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 . . .