Review:
Almost a year ago, Penny's small town was rocked by the news that Jackson Whitmore, the father of Penny's boyfriend Nash, was a serial killer who'd murdered several teens. Now Halloween is rolling around again, and Penny can't help but think of Nash, who, along with his older sister Grace, was basically ostracized after his father was caught. Even though Penny knew he'd been as much in the dark about his father as everyone else, she still cut off contact with Nash on her parents' orders. She's regretting that decision now.
But then a new body turns up. Is it a copycat killer? Everyone immediately focuses on Nash and Grace, particularly Nash. Penny refuses to believe it's him, but someone's started these murders up again, and she can't help but think it's someone close to her.
Why do I have so many of this author's books? I've read three of them, four counting this one, and I haven't liked any of them. At least the other three had semi-interesting premises. With this one, I kept hoping that the hook would be something better than "MC's ex-boyfriend's father was a serial killer, and now the killings have started up again." No such luck. Penny spent the entire book feeling paranoid about her ex-boyfriend and friends while also feeling guilty about her paranoia...and that was basically it. Preston was maybe going for a Scream movie vibe, complete with references to the movie and a killer who wore a mask, but the result was tepid and uninteresting.
Preston continues to have no clue how to satisfactorily finish books. The one stops in the midst of its climactic scene.
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