Murder On Black Road

Murder On Black Road is a 1980 horror novel by Stephen King. The story tells the tale of five petit blonde woman who as six year olds accidentally caused the death of a school teacher whilest she was showering in her home. They are then hunted down now at the age of 19 all whilest living on the aptly named street Black Road.

Summary
The novel begins with five girls all kept in after school detention by their school's new young female art teacher.

The five girls who live on the same street as the new teacher decide to pay her back by breaking into her house and stealing all her home held art which she plans to put on display at the school.

They break in and accidentally stumble in on her in the shower.

In fright the teacher Miss Stevenson tumbles through the shower door cutting herself all over with the broken glass.

The girls instead of calling for help flee and never speak of the event again.

Now all five girls all living on the same town street at the age of nineteen are are killed one by one by a shadow concealed indivivual.

The body count rises and soon enough only one of the girl's remains.

The girl however puts the rest of the street in danger as the killer with an unquentionable bloodlust begins to kill the others inhabiting Black Road.

The rest of the street unable to gain help from the police decide to offer up the last girl but face resistance as one man on the street with an interest in the girl desperatley tries to protect from both the inhabitants of Black Road and the deranged, murderous shadow concealed psycho.

Characters

 * Kelly Aston: The final girl who is turned on by the inhabitants of Black Road and is shielded by the help of Edward Kasbria
 * Edward Kasbria: Nineteen year old male youth with an interest in Kelly Aston. He attempts to protect her from the inhabitants of Black Road and the mysterious murderer descending
 * Presteen Carly: The second last of the five girls killed by the shadow doting killer
 * Ann-Marie: The third last of the five girls killed by the shadow doting killer
 * Mayor Wilkes: Owns a rather strange house, is later revealed to be in cohoots with the killer of the shadows
 * Jennifer Crossford: The third of the five girls killed
 * Nelly: The second of the five girls killed
 * Heather Narxion: The first of the five girls, she is killed in her shower as a tribute to Miss Stevenson's death