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PoorMonger

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36. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 01:45 PM

Nov 2018

In 1977, four teenagers and a dog—Andy (the tomboy), Nate (the nerd), Kerri (the bookworm), Peter (the jock), and Tim (the Weimaraner)—solved the mystery ofSleepy Lake. The trail of an amphibian monster terrorizing the quiet town of Blyton Hills leads the gang to spend a night in Deboën Mansion and apprehend a familiar culprit: a bitter old man in a mask.

Now, in 1990, the twenty-something former teen detectives are lost souls. Plagued by night terrors and Peter's tragic death, the three survivors have been running from their demons. When the man they apprehended all those years ago makes parole, Andy tracks him down to confirm what she’s always known—they got the wrong guy. Now she'll need to get the gang back together and return to Blyton Hills to find out what really happened in 1977, and this time, she's sure they're not looking for another man in a mask.

A mad scientist's concoction of H. P. Lovecraft, teen detectives, and a love of Americana, Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids is a story filled with rich horror, thrilling twists, outright hilarity, and surprising poignancy.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, November 11, 2018? [View all] hermetic Nov 2018 OP

That's a good one. I'm just starting "The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" by Christopher Moore. dameatball Nov 2018 #1

Moore comes up hermetic Nov 2018 #3

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Ahh, but hermetic Nov 2018 #5

Just curious......did you read "Dance of Death" before you started "Book of the Dead?" dameatball Nov 2018 #4

No hermetic Nov 2018 #6

"The Cuckoo's Calling" by Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowing. TexasProgresive Nov 2018 #7

Good to know hermetic Nov 2018 #8

I feel better that I'm not the only one Ohiogal Nov 2018 #10

Would like to reread D Pinkwater's Lizard Music and Alan Mendelssohn Boy from Mars bobbieinok Nov 2018 #9

Periodically reread Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. bobbieinok Nov 2018 #12

A great many hermetic Nov 2018 #16

"A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman Ohiogal Nov 2018 #11

Are you laughing? hermetic Nov 2018 #17

Laughing and crying! Ohiogal Nov 2018 #19

Ove is excellent. Grandmother not very good. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #22

Yeah, thanks hermetic Nov 2018 #25

There's a movie? llmart Nov 2018 #41

Yes, there is a movie based on the book PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #43

Thanks! llmart Nov 2018 #44

That book has gotten so many raves I tried to read it. northoftheborder Nov 2018 #31

Just started PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #13

Awesome! hermetic Nov 2018 #15

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I adore Ian McEwan's books hermetic Nov 2018 #18

I am reading "The Moor," murielm99 Nov 2018 #23

Ooh yes hermetic Nov 2018 #26

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That does sound hermetic Nov 2018 #29

I'm off the horror for the moment and onto Chris Bohjalian's The Guest Room. Squinch Nov 2018 #28

I know, right? hermetic Nov 2018 #30

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Yeah, me too. hermetic Nov 2018 #33

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Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. Still reading japple Nov 2018 #34

Howdy Ms. japple hermetic Nov 2018 #35

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero PoorMonger Nov 2018 #36

Well dang hermetic Nov 2018 #37

I am big fan of Cantero PoorMonger Nov 2018 #38

Currently doing James Joyce's 'Dubliners' Mr. Bob Harris Nov 2018 #40

I'm currently reading "Lilac Girls". llmart Nov 2018 #42