Lloyd, Stephen Friend Of The Devil (0593331389)

<b>High school can be hell. Literally.</b><br><b><br></b><br><b>A demonic detective novel best devoured in a single sitting--from acclaimed TV writer Stephen Lloyd.</b><br><br>    Welcome to Danforth Putnam, boarding school for the elite, sprawled across its own private island off the coast of New England. Sam, a war vet who feels sure he’s seen it all, has been called here to find a stolen rare book. But as he corners D&D nerds, grills steroid-raging linemen, and interviews filthy-rich actresses, he soon senses that something far stranger—“witchy”, in fact—is afoot. When students start to meet mysterious and gruesome deaths, Sam realizes just how fast the clock is ticking.<br> <br>    After joining forces with plucky, epilepsy-defying school reporter Harriet, Sam ventures into increasingly dark territory, unravelling a supernatural mystery that will upend everything he thinks he knows about this school—and then shatter his own reality.<br> <br>    Toss <i>Dracula </i>into a blender, throw in a shot of hard-boiled detective fiction, splash in a couple drops of <i>Stranger Things, </i>and pour yourself a nice tall glass of <i>Friend of the Devil. </i><br>