Frightmares

Name: Frightmares
Author: Eva V. Gibson
ISBN: 9780593486870

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Frightmares won a 2023 Edgar Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel. In a Florida tourist trap, a summer acting job turns into a real-life horror show when a cast member turns up dead—then disappears. Dave is spending his final summer before college working at Frightmares House of Horrors, a struggling haunted house attraction held together by malfunctioning killer clown mannequins, a cheap replica Annabelle doll, and a lot of improvising. After a particularly disastrous shift ends in an employee walkout, Dave reluctantly takes over a role for his friend, however, he makes a horrifying discovery—a real dead body, hidden on set. But when Dave returns with help, the body is gone. Though the killer covered their tracks, Dave realizes they must know what he saw. Could he be their next target?

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