The Church of Dead Girls: A Novel - Softcover

Dobyns, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080505104X ISBN 13: 9780805051049

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1998

Synopsis

A sleepy hamlet in upstate New York awakens to a nightmare when three young girls disappear in succession, inspiring a wave of suspicion among former friends as old rumors, old angers, and old desires rear their ugly heads. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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The Church of Dead Girls: a Novel

Review:

A literary chameleon, Stephen Dobyns is as well known for his poetry as he his for his taut and chilling mysteries. The two disciplines collide in The Church of Dead Girls, a lyrical novel that inspired Stephen King to comment, "If ever there was a tale for a moonless night, a high wind and a creaking floor, this is it ... I don't expect to read a more frightening novel this year."

Aurelius is a drowsy bedroom community in upstate New York that is rocked by a vicious, seemingly random killing. A woman is found murdered in her bed, her left hand missing. Just when the grisly details begin to fade, a young girl vanishes. The only clue: a bag with the girl's washed and folded clothes and a mannequin's left hand. Soon two more girls disappear, and when clues remain elusive, conjecture and rumour take over. The town awakens to a nightmare of suspicion and vigilantism. As the killer spirals in to kill again, the town spins out of control, and The Church of Dead Girls heads to a jolting conclusion. It'll give you goosebumps even if you read it at the beach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 080505104X
• ISBN 13: 9780805051049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388