"Blending an affinity for folklore and local legends with the grisly entertainment of a good slasher, D.C. Phillips'
The Flayer seeks to carve out a unique spot in your TBR pile. Highly recommended for fans of
Candyman,
Urban Legend, or Brian McAuley's
Curse of the Reaper." –William Sterling, Author of
String Them Up Flecks of congealed blood freckled the body’s face, if you could still call it a face. The skin had been expertly flayed from hairline to chin and from ear to ear. All that remained was a raw, pulpy canvas, punctuated by two alarming and alert eyes, two open windows with no shades to pull.
Someone is slaughtering the residents of Felton, a suburb of Anywhere, USA. It’s a flat and largely unremarkable place, and the powers that be strive to keep it that way. However, when the latest body in a string of gruesome murders is discovered by Kyle Bloch, an aspiring journalist, things will never be the same. Alongside Olivia the librarian, he must race the clock–and a pack of ambulance-chasing true-crime hounds–to uncover the truth. Could it be that a legend as old as the town holds the key to this mystery?