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Name: The Girl Next Door
Rating: 4.333333333333 (6 reviews)
Author: Jack Ketchum

The story opens in a tranquil, tree-lined suburb of an unnamed American city in the 1950s, where a well-manicured yard and neat homes create an idealized backdrop. Within this setting, sisters Meg and Susan, whose parents have died, are confined in the dim, damp basement of their distant aunt's house. The aunt's mental decline is being transmitted to the family, and eventually the entire neighborhood, leading to a chilling psychological horror. The narrative explores the quiet terror that emerges when the delicate veneer of suburban normalcy crumbles under the weight of unseen, insidious madness.

First publish date: 1989

Genre: Horror/Psychological Horror

Authors: Jack Ketchum

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