In the past, I would find an author that I liked and then read nothing but their works until I was saturated. These days, I have decided to read as many different authors as possible. I found this paperback in one of my father's bookshelves. I had never heard of Stephen Dobyns, but I am hardly any kind of expert on literature. The Title, " The Church Of Dead Girls" seemed dark and preverse to me (which is my favorite genre). The novel even had an endorsement from Stephen King.. "Very Rich, Very Scary, Very Satisfying".

I absolutely adored this novel. The setting is a small village in rural New York state, where everyone lives normal, but somewhat puritan existences. Suddenly, young teenage girls start dissapearing. At first, the residents believe that an outsider has invaded their peaceful community to harm their children. As the police flounder in solving these dissapearences, the citizens turn their focus to each other.

I am sure that I will be reading another Stephen Dobyns novel in the future. But not immediately; I don't want to fall back to my old ways.