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Mr. X


A Horror Novel


Subgenres:

  • Supernatural Thriller,
  • Small Town Horror,
  • Psychic Visions,
  • Family Secrets,
  • Identity Quest
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Supernatural thrillers where visions hit like a freight train
  • Family secrets unraveling in a small Midwestern town
  • Stories where the past refuses to stay buried
Publisher Description

BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed thriller of supernatural horror from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story, Koko, and The Talisman.

Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralyzing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X.

Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his hometown of Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying. On her deathbed, she imparts to him the name of his long-absent father and warns him that he is in grave danger.

Despite her foreboding, he embarks on a search through Edgerton’s past for the truth behind his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family.

But when Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths, he begins to realize that he is not the only one who has come home. . . .

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