It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty but clean and the plumbing worked. Norman Bates, the manager, seemed nice, if a little odd.

“Horror author Chet Williamson ably succeeds in the tough task of creating a sequel to Robert Bloch’s masterpiece, Psycho; a prequel to the less effective Psycho II; and a solid story in its own right…The novel shines. Whenever Norman gets the spotlight, the novel feels like a lost Bloch work.” ― Publishers Weekly The original Psycho novel by Robert Bloch was published in 1959 and became an instant hit, leading to the smash movie only a year later, which brought Norman Bates' terrifying story into the public consciousness, where it still remains (proven by the success of the tv series, Bates Motel). It took Bloch 23 years to write another Psycho novel, revealing that Norman had been in a mental institution the entire time. In that sequel, Norman quickly escapes the sanitarium and goes on a killing spree in Hollywood. But what happened in that asylum during those two decades? Until now, no one has known. It's 1960. Norman Bates is in the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and it's up to Dr. Felix Reed to bring him out of his catatonic state. But Norman and Dr. Reed have obstacles in twisted fellow patients and staff members who think of the institution as a prison rather than a place of healing. And the greatest obstacle is the building itself, once a private sanitarium, rumored to be haunted. A wild card appears in the persona of Robert Newman, Norman's twin brother, taken away at birth after the attending doctor pronounced him brain damaged. As Robert and Norman grow to know each other, Norman senses a darkness in Robert, even deeper than that which has lurked in Norman himself. Soon, murders begin to occur and a shocking chain of events plunge us even deeper into the deranged madness inside the walls of Sanitarium .

You remember Norman Bates—the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his bout of butchery that horrified the world, Norman is at large again, breaking free from the psycho ward, cutting a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood—where, so it happens, they are making a movie about Norman's life and crimes. A movie that suddenly and terrifyingly becomes a lot like real life....

The Bates motel once again becomes the setting for murder, and investigative reporter Amelia Haines discovers that catching a killer can become a dangerous game as her best informants keep turning up dead. Reprint.

Contiene: 1\. Psicosis (9788490182079) Era una noche oscura y tormentosa; Mary Craine estaba exhausta, perdida, y al límite de sus fuerzas, ansiosa por darse una ducha caliente y encontrar un lugar donde pasar la noche. Cuando el Motel Bates apareció de pronto entre la tormenta, Mary pensó que era su salvación. Las habitaciones eran viejas y húmedas, pero estaban limpias, y el encargado, Norman Bates, parecía un tipo bastante agradable, aunque un poco raro... Después Mary conoció a la madre de Norman. Y el cuchillo de carnicero. La pesadilla acababa de empezar. 2\. Psicosis II (9788490182055) Todos recuerdan a Norman Bates, el tímido director de motel con una fijación mortal por su madre. Después de pasar varios años internado en un hospital psiquiátrico por la terrible matanza que horrorizó al mundo, Norman anda suelto de nuevo. Ha conseguido escapar, y ahora recorre un sangriento camino hacia Hollywood donde, al parecer, se va a rodar una película sobre su vida y sus crímenes... pero este rodaje, tras un repentino y espeluznante giro, empieza a parecerse demasiado al horror en el que se inspira. 3\. Psicosis III: la mansión Bates (9788490182024) El nuevo motel Bates se ha convertido en una atracción turística, la recreación del lugar de los famosos asesinatos, y los promotores se frotan las manos por las futuras ganancias. Pero hay una nueva figura expuesta, de carne y hueso, algo que nadie espera: aparece el cadáver de una adolescente asesinada a puñaladas. Entre la avalancha de prensa y publicidad que el suceso lleva a la pequeña ciudad de Fairvale aparece la escritora Amelia Haines, que está investigando sobre los asesinatos originales en la mansión, y para quien este nuevo crimen es una oportunidad de oro para ganar fama y dinero. Pero atrapar al loco no será fácil y puede convertirse en la siguiente huésped permanente del motel…