“A profound sense of supernatural creepiness permeates this superb, blood-chilling horror novel from Janz. Fans of Stephen King’s Castle Rock books will be hooked.”

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Marla charges hard out of the gate and never stops moving until its final pages. Janz’s tale is propulsive and sometimes gut-wrenching, yet ultimately shot through with a strain of tenderness and heart that I didn’t see coming.”

--Nick Cutter, author of The Troop

“I loved Marla. It’s a novel about fear, about what scares us as individuals, in our hearts, as well as what scares us collectively, in a community. Jonathan Janz is so scary I have to read him during the day.”

--Caroline Kepnes, New York Times bestselling author of You

“Pitch-perfect tension and suspense. This is a real Halloween story that is best enjoyed during the spooky season.”

--Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror), Bram Stoker Award–winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered

“Jonathan Janz is one of the few horror writers working today who can truly unnerve his readers. Marla is a grippingly suspenseful story, full of brutality, tantalizing mystery, and sacrifice. From the very first sentence, Janz puts us on edge, and it doesn’t let up until the final page, where I was a quivering wreck and struggling for breath. There is an unsettling eeriness that permeates each line, ensuring that every page is bleached in torment and beguiling prose. Marla showcases one of the genre’s most chilling voices. Janz has crafted a nightmare of a book!”

--Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Only the Stains Remain

“Marla is brutal, eerie, and compelling. Janz has created a work that feels like modern and classic horror all wrapped into one. Just make sure you open the first page early enough in the day, because once you start reading, you’re not going to be able to stop, and you don’t want to be all alone in the dark, late at night, with Marla.”

--Brian Freeman, New York Times bestselling author of the Jonathan Stride series

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