The Church of Dead Girls, (Paperback)

from sleahey

This is the portrait of a small town grappling with the disappearance of three young teenage girls, and at least three murders as well. Its grief turns to hatred and violence as some residents decide to mete out their own justice, whether because of frustration or their own innate tendencies. Bec...

from katiekrug

In a nutshell: Creepy and well-executed exploration of a small town's descent into suspicion and hysteria. The Church of Dead Girls has been languishing on my shelves since 2004 - I don't know why, it was just one of those books that never made it to the top of my TBR list. Had I known what I was...

from cathymoore

Not quite a typical murder mystery and not quite a conventional horror. This is a slow moving, suspense filled tale. At the start we know nothing about our narrator, except that he knows a lot about what goes on in the town of Aurelius where he lives and where teenage girls are going missing. The...

from Mrs_McGreevy

Aurelius is a small community with people you'll recognize; heck, you see 'em every day. They're good folk--salt of the earth. Until the first little girl disappears. Then the smiling mask of normality begins to slip and the darkness underneath is revealed. You're led further and further down a w...

from Lisa.Johnson.James

This book is one I am glad I took a chance on, even though the librarian herself never finished it, LOL. This story takes place in a small town in upstate NY, where things are supposed to be safer than in the big city, Well, every small town has it's secrets, & this one is no exception. Told thro...