But when his cousin Jude goes missing, Stevie knows Jude is in serious trouble, and that his disappearance has ties to the body of another young boy found years agoThis is a creepy book! It's got some seriously scary small town secrets from the past horror going on.Ahiborn does a great job of executing twists and turns. Even his own family thinks he is imagining things. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.Stevie is a kid no one takes seriously. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Now, fear is reborn-and for Stevie, who is determined to find out what really happened to Jude, the awful truth may be too horrifying to imagine. For years, the residents of Deer Valley have murmured about these unsolved crimes…and that a killer may still be lurking around their quiet town. And then there were the animals: pets gone missing out of yards. That, and there was that boy, Max Larsen.the one from years ago, found dead after also disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

He knows what each ticking moment may mean for Jude, his cousin and best friend. And despite Stevie Clark’s youth, he knows that, too he’s seen the cop shows.

They’re well aware that the first forty-eight hours are critical and after that, the odds usually point to a worst-case scenario. Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing in the small town of Deer Valley, Oregon, the locals are starting to lose hope. An unforgettable horror novel from bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn-hailed as a writer of “some of the most promising horror I’ve encountered in years” ( New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire)-in which a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years.

The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn