If I'm in the mood for a chiller with a complex and well scripted plot and lots of twists that keeps up the suspense from beginning til end one of my favorite authors is Natasha Preston. The Dare definitely doesn't disappoint.
"Senior pranks are a rite of passage. Sometimes they're fun and sometimes they're killer.
They're the last dumb thing you do in high school before you get to do a whole bunch of dumb things in college.
But if you go to my school, they can stop your college dreams dead."
Marley, Preston's narrator, really looked forward to senior pranks as a sophomore. Now as a senior she views them with dread. They've morphed from juvenile to expulsion and arrest worthy deeds. And he who issues the dares does not take no for an answer.
Marley and her besties--Atlas, Jessie, and Luce--pass their first dare, stealing a watch from a recluse's home just fine. Their next dare is to drive blind (without lights) at night down a treacherous road. They hit something. At first they think it's a deer or maybe a bear. But it's a very dead human being.
The friends panic. If the truth gets out they will end up in prison instead of college. They bury the body and swear each other to secrecy.
But Marley senses that her friends are drawing away from her, keeping secrets. Could they be setting her up to take the fall so they can safely go on with their lives?
On a purrrsonal note, my daughter, Amber has just given me a copy of the the latest book she has a story in. Violent Advents: A Christmas Horror Anthology looks quite promising. Just not now with darkness fallen and a storm on the way.
A great big shout out goes out to the talented writers who keep us supplied with chillers.
Jules Hathaway
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