Review: Where He Can't Find You - Darcy Coates

Review: Where He Can't Find You - Darcy Coates - November 2023

This morning as I do, I tried one book and it turned out to be a bust. So I clicked into another that piqued my interest and wow, the second one I tried had me hooked from the very first page. That book was Darcy Coates's Where He Can't Find You. I had previously tried one book Hunted from this author which unfortunately turned out to be a DNF. This one however, was the complete opposite and was an amazing read that blurs fiction with a feel of fact. In a small town named Doubtful, people go missing and when they do they often disappear out of thin air and then their bodies turn up dismembered and stitched with other people's body parts in red thread. If you find a spot all covered in red thread, it indicates that a dead body is near - a victim of a serial killer or a supernatural being called the Stitcher. Abby and her friends have grown up with the rules and try to follow them to protect their families and each other from becoming a victim of the Stitcher. What happens though when Abby's younger sister Hope is the next person to be snatched? Abby is determined to do what no one else has ever done and search for the Stitcher's lair and bring her sister back. The journey will lead Abby and her friends nicknamed The Jackrabbits on a historic journey as they devour historical records, talk to past people involved - a past victim and ex-cop and in a way save their town from being harmed by the Stitcher. This was a fast-paced novel and had vibes of It - Stephen King and Slenderman. Besides the crazy dead bodies descriptions, this book is pretty much a  clean YA novel as well. If you are looking for a good old-fashioned teen horror novel similar to those of Lois Duncan's and Christopher Pike's then Darcy Coates is the author for you.

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