Shiftyj1

Jonathan Janz is really hitting his stride lately and kicking out some quality dark fiction. The Nightmare Girl is a very good supernatural tale of sinister cults and old school small town terror.

Joe tries to be a Good Samaritan, but his deeds backfire in a big way when the child that he tries to help has some nasty blood relatives that want to see him dead along with anyone that stands in the way of their sinister plans. Now Joe has put himself and his family in the crosshairs.

There is a palpable sense of dread in this one that builds steadily from the opening scene all the way through the climatic ending sequence. Well written and evenly paced with very good characterization.

*I received an advance review copy of this release from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.