A bloody, subversive and darkly funny story of sympathy for the devil as the New York Times-bestselling author turns classic slasher cinema on its head—perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix. 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A community driven by oil and cotton – a town where everyone knows everyone else's business. Tolly Driver, seventeen, a good kid with more potential than application, exists on the outskirts with his best friend, Amber. They navigate the hellscape of the teenage social scene, sticking together in a place that doesn't know how to be different. But when they go to a fateful party at Deek Masterton's house – a party that ends in a series of gruesome, brutal and extravagant murders – Tolly's world gets flipped upside-down. Because some slashers are born in violence and retribution, some were born that way – and some were just in the wrong place, at the wrong time...