From a Buick 8

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 .