Don’t miss today’s KND Thriller of the Day
Ugly Young Thing
by Jennifer Jaynes
Sixteen-year-old Allie has already experienced a lifetime of horror, having lost her mother and serial killer brother to mental illness.
Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana, Allie ends up in foster care and is placed with Miss Bitty, an eccentric but kindly older woman who shows her a new direction and brighter future.
But Allie’s new life takes a devastating turn when young women in the area start turning up dead, and she discovers someone lurking outside her bedroom. As Miss Bitty grows inexplicably distant, Allie begins to wonder if death has found her yet again…or if it never really left her at all.
5-star Amazon reviews:
“This book is simply a gem; The protagonist, Allie, is one of the most beautifully drawn characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of getting to know intimately. Jaynes writes her with such rich, naked lucidity- and yet such tenderness- that every emotion she experiences threatens to be the reader’s as well. The book is a dark journey but a great ride, through to a remarkable twist of an ending. Could not put it down. Highly recommended.”
“Well, just finished this masterpiece. This is a very well crafted psychological thriller.”