{"product_id":"the-dead-girls-club-isbn-9781643856483","title":"The Dead Girls Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e's and \u003ci\u003ePOPSUGAR\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite New Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA scary story becomes far too real in this “unsettling” supernatural thriller in the vein of \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e that “will keep you guessing to the very last page” (Alma Katsu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRed Lady, Red Lady, show us your face...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the girls exchanged stories about serial killers and imaginary monsters, like the Red Lady, the spirit of a vengeful witch killed centuries before. Heather knew the stories were just that, until her best friend Becca began insisting the Red Lady was real—and she could prove it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e That belief got Becca killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s been nearly thirty years, but Heather has never told anyone what really happened that night—that Becca was right and the Red Lady was real. She’s done her best to put that fateful summer, Becca, and the Red Lady, behind her. Until a familiar necklace arrives in the mail, a necklace Heather hasn’t seen since the night Becca died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The night Heather killed her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, someone else knows what she did . . . and they’re determined to make Heather pay.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Girls Club\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Girls Club\u003c\/i\u003e, Damien Angelica Walters gives us a disturbing, compelling, twisty, feminist, coming-of-age\/horror hybrid that feeds off our obsessions and anxieties. The Red Lady abides.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walters offers a rich and complex picture of childhood and the traumas found within it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCultured Vultures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Especially appealing to readers who grew up with R.L. Stine's Fear Street series, Walters' first novel will find fans among a wide range of horror readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A modern tale destined to pull thriller lovers through cold winter nights.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh-Post Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ghosts, literal or not, haunt the core of this novel...Walters ramps up the tension and thrills (and twists) as the novel careens towards its conclusion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Nerd Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Damien’s] writing talent and horror roots are on display...A solid debut mystery.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Psychological and disturbing...In the frightening world of \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Girls Club\u003c\/i\u003e, women's lives are shaped by violence, but there may be a haunting way out.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] twisty supernatural thriller.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most finely crafted works of the century so far...The author has a way with words that is inescapable and utterly unforgettable, deviously soothing and darkly ominous.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorror DNA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This supernatural thriller will have readers crawling under the covers...All the creepy crawly feelings of a ghost story complete with goosebumps and one-eye-shut moments.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eManhattan Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Damien Angelica Walters once again proves why she's a major voice in the horror and thriller genres...Put this on your reading list now, as it's sure to be among the top books of 2019.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rust Maidens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unsettling...If you like twists, it will keep you guessing to the very last page.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alma Katsu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Feeding on classic coming-of-age horror themes...\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Girls Club\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a stifling portrait of the adolescent trauma that hides behind suburban veneers, tracing the haunting ripples of guilt that never fade.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Louis Greenberg, half of S.L. Grey, author-duo of \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Girls Club\u003c\/i\u003e effortlessly combines [Damien's] artistic, literary flair with a supernatural story that’s equally familiar and unexpected.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGrit Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Damien Angelica Walters:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eloquent prose.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review for \u003ci\u003eCry Your Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A writer who only seems to get better and better.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—This is Horror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you have not yet heard of Damien Angelica Walters then you are missing out.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSignal Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The queen of deft, delightfully flowing, yet quietly unobtrusive words, and the wielder of one hell of a wicked blade aimed right at your weak spots.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCemetery Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walters is impressive.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Laird Barron, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Croning \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Damien Angelica Walters writes prose as sharp as a scalpel. With surgical precision, she slices through her characters' veneers to lay bare the secret scars underneath, the knots of fear and desire twisting them...Walters is a writer to watch.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Langan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walters' prose is vivid and gripping, luring you in, feeding you images that will leave you comforted by the light of your bedside nightstand.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rebecca Jones-Howe, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVile Men\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien Angelica Walters\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCry Your Way Home, Paper Tigers, and Sing Me Your Scars,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of This is Horror's Short Story Collection of the Year. Her short fiction has been nominated twice for a Bram Stoker Award, reprinted in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy \u0026amp; Horror and The Year's Best Weird Fiction, and published in various anthologies and magazines, including the Shirley Jackson Award Finalists Autumn Cthulhu and The Madness of Dr. Caligari, World Fantasy Award Finalist Cassilda's Song, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, and Apex Magazine. Until the magazine's closing in 2013, she was an Associate Editor of the Hugo Award-winning Electric Velocipede. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two rescued pit bulls.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303946506469,"sku":"NP9781643856483","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781643856483.jpg?v=1767738953","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-dead-girls-club-isbn-9781643856483","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}