Book description
From the New York Times bestselling horror writer comes a classic slasher story with a twist-perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix.
1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton-and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly…
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A seemingly bottomless plunge into the horror genre. Jones artfully blends a nostalgic look at life in 1980’s small-town Texas with the expected blood-soaked scenery of an over-the-top horror tale. Convinced he is a serial killer, Tolly Driver plays with our minds in a plot that backtracks on itself, erasing clues as it presents new ones. I love how he’s plenty aware that the gruesome killings follow the tropes of a teenage slasher flick, yet his attempt to predict and stop the next massacre only keep placing him in the role of villainous monster. Clever and sharp prose make this…
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