Mayberry it ain’t
July 25th, 2006 Gregg - Sequoya
The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns is the story of a small town. A series of murders and disappearances have shaken up the residents. As the disappearances increase neighbors become suspicious of their neighbors. As the mood of the town sours, those on the fringes of society are treated with outright hostility. And the hysteria just continues.
This isn’t a traditional cop hunts down serial killer thriller, but it is no less compelling for that. The narrator is a teacher at the town’s high school, and we see events unfold through his eyes. We see how fear brings out the baser nature of people, as the town ultimately implodes.
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1. Sarah | July 26th, 2006 at 11:58 am
I’m never going to get back to nonfiction if y’all keep recommending such interesting-sounding fiction.
2. Liz | July 28th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I’m wondering how much the plot/style of this book is similar to Lovely Bones, which I hated (and was the only person in the country to feel this way.) This plot sounds good– and sounds like how it really goes with serial murder in real-life. I recall the D.C. sniper made folks there suspicious of their neighbors. If the focus is on suspicion morphing into hysteria I might try it.
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