The New York Times Best Seller A Barnes & Noble Best Fiction Book of 2020 A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist Now in paperback,Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this ’90s-set horror novel about a women’s book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern townperfect for murderinos and fans of Stephen King. Bonus features: – Reading group guide for book clubs – Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant – Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix – And more! Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholicher teenage kids have their own livesher senile mother-in-law needs constant careand she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book cluba close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book clubPatricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighborbringing the neighbor’s handsome nephewJames Harrisinto her life. James is well traveled and well readand he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missingtheir deaths written off by local policePatricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind–and Patricia has already invited him in. Little by littleJames will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everything she took for granted–including the book club–but she won’t surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
