The Bad Ones: A Novel

ISBN-13:	9781250894892
Publisher:	Flatiron Books
Publication date:	02/20/2024
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	8,263
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! Bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with The Bad Ones, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical historyGoddess, goddess, count to fiveIn the morning, who’s alive?In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town.Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local lore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. . . .An arresting, crossover horror fantasy threaded with dark magic, The Bad Ones is a poison-pen love letter to semi-toxic best friendship, the occult power of childhood play and artistic creation, and the razor-thin line between make-believe and belief.