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The Girl Next Door

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The Girl Next Door

Written by: Jack Ketchum
Narrated by: Jack Ketchum
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Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets; well-tended lawns; and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow up. Unless you are teenage Meg or her crippled sister, Susan.

On a dead-end street, in the dark, damp basement of the Chandler house, Meg and Susan are left captive to the savage whims and rages of a distant aunt who is rapidly descending into madness. It is a madness that infects all three of her sons and finally the entire neighborhood. Only one troubled boy stands hesitantly between Meg and Susan and their cruel, torturous deaths. A boy with a very adult decision to make....

©1989 Dallas Mayr (P)2016 Tantor Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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" The Girl Next Door is alive...it does not just promise terror but actually delivers it.... It's a page-turner." (Stephen King)
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Going through the story is mind-numbingly painful. It highlights the true evil that is humanity.

"Are the children alright?"

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I have finished listening to it at one go. Very gripping and the more i listened, more curious i got about what’s next.

Excellent storytelling

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