The Devil Crept In: A Novel by Ania Ahlborn (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn Synopsis coming soon....... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An unforgettable horror novel from bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn—hailed as a writer of "some of the most promising horror Ive encountered in years" (New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire)—in which a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years.Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing in the small town of Deer Valley, Oregon, the locals are starting to lose hope. Theyre well aware that the first forty-eight hours are critical and after that, the odds usually point to a worst-case scenario. And despite Stevie Clarks youth, he knows that, too; hes seen the cop shows. He knows what each ticking moment may mean for Jude, his cousin and best friend. That, and there was that boy, Max Larsen...the one from years ago, found dead after also disappearing under mysterious circumstances. And then there were the animals: pets gone missing out of yards. For years, the residents of Deer Valley have murmured about these unsolved crimes…and that a killer may still be lurking around their quiet town. Now, fear is reborn—and for Stevie, who is determined to find out what really happened to Jude, the awful truth may be too horrifying to imagine. Author Biography Ania Ahlborn is the bestselling author of the horror works Brother, The Devil Crept In, Within These Walls, The Bird Eater, The Shuddering, The Neighbors, Seed, If You See Her, the novella collection Apart in the Dark, and the thriller Dark Across the Bay. Born in Ciechanow, Poland, she now lives with her family in North Carolina. Visit her at AniaAhlborn.com or follow the author on Facebook and Instagram. Review "A beautiful and deftly wrought horror story of mothers, sons, and the delicate bond between cousins....With sympathetic attention paid to the relationships between overwhelmed mothers and the sons they cant save from evil, and prose that elegantly evokes tension while illustrating Stevies rich inner world, readers will be engrossed and thrilled right through to the chewy finale." * Publishers Weekly (starred review), on THE DEVIL CREPT IN *"Creepy…digs under your skin and leaves marks. You may find yourself looking over your shoulder long after the book is done." -- J. Lincoln Fenn, award-winning author of DEAD SOULS and POE, on THE DEVIL CREPT IN"[A] visceral, nihilistic thriller. . . . Ahlborns impressive writing and expert exploration of the psychological effects of systemic abuse elevate what could have been the literary equivalent of a slasher flick, and the twist in the final act is jaw-dropping. This relentlessly grim tale is definitely not for the squeamish, but its nearly impossible to put down." * Publishers Weekly (starred review), on BROTHER *"This story of brotherly love/hate will crush you to the core. . . . BROTHER delivers horror on all fronts. . . . The writing is so good, so precision perfect, that BROTHER may be this years sleeper novel, certainly of the GONE GIRL caliber, that deserves all the praise and accolades it will definitely receive. . . . An instant classic. . . . This is one book you need to get in your hands as soon as possible." * This is Horror, on BROTHER *"Terrifyingly sad. . . . WITHIN THESE WALLS creeps under your skin, and stays there. Its insidious. . . . The books atmosphere is distinctly damp, clammy, overcast, and it isnt all the Washington weather: its characters souls are gray, dimmed by failure. Ahlborn is awfully good on the insecurities that plague both aging writers . . . and oversensitive young girls . . . which leave them vulnerable to those who . . . know how to get into their heads. So grim." * The New York Times Book Review, on WITHIN THESE WALLS *"Cruel, bone-chilling, and destined to become a classic, WITHIN THESE WALLS is worth the sleep it will cost you. Some of the most promising horror Ive encountered in years." -- Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author, on WITHIN THESE WALLS"A monstrous Russian nesting doll of a book, holding secrets within secrets; the plot barrels headlong toward one of the most shocking climaxes youre ever likely to read. This ones going to wreck you." -- Nick Cutter, national bestselling author of LITTLE HEAVEN and THE TROOP, on WITHIN THESE WALLS"Ania Ahlborn is a great storyteller who spins an atmosphere of dread literally from the first page, increasing the mental pressure all the way through to the terrifying, chilling ending." -- Jeff Somers, acclaimed author of THE ELECTRIC CHURCH and WE ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE, on WITHIN THESE WALLS"Ever-mounting terror and a foreboding setting make for pure storytelling alchemy. . . . Ania Ahlborn goes for the gut with surprise twists that will stay with you for days. Not a book, or an author, that youll soon forget." -- Vicki Pettersson, New York Times bestselling author, on WITHIN THESE WALLS Review Quote "This story of brotherly love/hate will crush you to the core. . . . BROTHER Excerpt from Book The Devil Crept In 1 JUDE BRIGHTON WAS missing. Stevie Clark stood at the edge of the woods, his small hands clasped together, watching people comb the trees for his friend. Jude had disappeared that Sunday, after he and Stevie had spent hours ransacking the backs of buildings for broken two-by-fours. Their fort was almost complete. All it needed was a couple more boards and a replacement set of ladder stairs. The ones theyd nailed to the tree trunk were treacherous, like climbing up Saurons tower. But they both liked the danger--clinging to splintery planks with their bare hands, comparing scratches and scrapes once they got to the top, nearly breaking their necks climbing down from the turret every single time. Because Life is no fun without the risk, said Jude. And if Stevie knew anyone who sought out peril, it was definitely his cousin. His best friend. Now vanished like a ghost. Stevie had been sitting on the couch, watching TV, when his aunt Amanda knocked on the front door. "Is Jude here?" shed asked, wearing her usual glass-fragile smile. But there was something in her voice that put Stevie on edge, something festering, like a scourge. "Its time to come home," she said. "Dinner is in the oven." Stevie loved his aunt Mandy. She was a pretty lady despite her exaggerated features. Her face was long and her eyes were huge. Shes got a horse face, his stepdad, Terry, had guffawed. Horse face Brighton. We should enter her in the Kentucky Derby and win us some dough. Terry Marks was a giant asshole. Stevie hated him, probably more than he hated anyone on earth. And yet, despite loathing "The Tyrant" for being such a dick, Stevie occasionally found himself resenting his mother even more; partly because she didnt defend Aunt Mandy when Terry insulted her, but mostly because she let him detonate their lives. Shed worn a black eye for the better part of two weeks once. Walked right into the corner of the kitchen cabinet, she had said, laughing. I swear, if my head wasnt screwed on . . . You know how it goes. Yeah, Stevie knew. The whole town knew, despite the ruse. It was why Aunt Mandy was on edge whenever she came over. Terry wasnt exactly what youd call hospitable. It was a wonder she let Jude play at Stevies house at all. Luckily, she did, because her house gave Stevie a headache. It smelled pink, like flowers. That, and he was pretty sure there was a snake living in her toilet. Hed seen it, regardless of whether or not Jude swore he had imagined the whole thing. "Hes not here, nope," Stevie said. The fact that Jude hadnt come to hang out that afternoon or that he had yet to make it home didnt seem like that big a deal. Jude played by his own rules. If he wanted to hang out in the woods all day, he would. If he felt like missing dinner, he did. There wasnt anyone who could stop him, especially not his mom. But Aunt Mandys thinly veiled panic assured Stevie that, despite Jude being a rule breaker and the old saying that boys will be boys, this was much more than her son being his usual, defiant self. This was something different. Far more serious than missing a curfew. Aunt Mandys wavering smile fractured into a thousand shards of worry. "Do you know where he is?" she asked. "Nuh-uh." Stevie supposed Jude could have been at the fort, but that was a long trek, one that was boring if made alone. That, and the fort was top secret. With a single park and a half-mile drag of shops making up Main Street, Deer Valley wasnt exactly a hip and happening place. Theyd spent all summer building that citadel, had discussed building another one--bigger and better--after the first was complete. They fantasized about installing a zip line fifteen feet in the air; just another way to kill themselves when they werent shooting foamy Nerf darts into each others eyes or lobbing water balloons at each others heads. If they were lucky, theyd locate a pipe at the scrap yard long enough to make a firemans pole. These were all upgrades theyd thought of after the fact, far too late to implement into their original design. Stevie wasnt about to squeal their secret just because Aunt Mandy was a little worried about Jude being late. For any kid other than Jude, there would have been places to suggest. He could have been hanging out at a friends house across town. There would have been neighboring houses to visit, parents to call. But Jude didnt have friends. Not in the facetious Hes such a loner way, but in a genuine Nobody likes Jude Brighton way. It could be said that the only reason hed spent hundreds of hours building a tree house with Stevie, a cousin two years his junior, was because his reputation preceded him. Kids didnt like Stevie because he was weird, because he had fingers missing off his right hand. Their distaste for Jude was simpler: they didnt like him because he was a jerk. Parents, on the other hand, didnt like Jude because he was trouble. He used words like goddamn and shit and asshole, even around adults. Once, hed dropped an f-bomb for no reason other than to use it; just threw it out there to make conversation more colorful. Stevie had heard words like that blast through the walls of his house on the regular. His big brother, Duncan, would let an occasional curse fly. And Terry had quite the vocabulary, one he didnt mind the whole neighborhood hearing. But Dunk was in high school and Terry was a full-grown man; Jude was only twelve. Hearing the sharp edges of that curse word come from a kid had left Stevies nerves fizzing like a bag of wet Pop Rocks. Jude was tough, unforgiving. Hed been that way since his dad--Stevies uncle Scott--had died. Nothing scared him. Two summers ago, while playing in the creek, he had shood off a snarling coyote; skinny, probably starving, ready for a midafternoon snack. But Jude just grabbed a downed branch and ran at it like he was going to skewer it through, bellowing a battle cry as he blasted toward the animal, leaving Stevie to stare wide-eyed at his ballsy brother-in-arms. "Jeez," Stevie had said after Jude came trudging back. "What if it had attacked you instead of running off?" "Then it would have ended up dead instead of scared," Jude had said, as though killing coyotes with his bare hands was no big deal. When the coyote had found them, Uncle Scott hadnt been gone for more than a year. Jude had been ten, but his rage was big enough to fill a man twice his size. Details ISBN1476783756 Author Ania Ahlborn Short Title DEVIL CREPT IN Pages 384 Language English ISBN-10 1476783756 ISBN-13 9781476783758 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2017 Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY FIC Subtitle A Novel Publication Date 2017-02-07 NZ Release Date 2017-02-07 US Release Date 2017-02-07 UK Release Date 2017-02-07 Publisher Simon & Schuster Audience General AU Release Date 2017-02-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158530732;

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