Jackal

Erin E. Adams

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A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .

A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK • “A heady, page-turning, all-too-relevant reinvention of the return-to-home horror story—truly gut-wrenching & frightening.” — Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts & The Pallbearers Club

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It’s watching.

Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn’t exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward, passive-aggressive reunions. Liz has grown, though; she can handle whatever awaits her. But on the day of the wedding, somewhere between dancing & dessert, the couple’s daughter, Caroline, disappears—and the only thing left behind is a piece of white...

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“Jackal,” by Brown University alum Erin E. Adams — probably the best horror-thriller of ‘22 – just dropped in paperback. This buzzy Edgar Award & Bram Stoker Award finalist from the debut writer — a first-generation Haitian American living in New York— is miss-your-T-stop good. Liz is not happy about returning home to Pennsylvania. Life wasn’t easy growing up in her Rust Belt town, where she was one of only two Black girls in her high school. (“My sin? Being the only Black kid who wasn’t ‘Black.’ … Branded an Oreo, through & through.”) But she’s back in town to serve as bridesmaid in her best friend’s wedding. At the wedding reception, the newlyweds’ daughter goes missing. And Liz soon pieces together a pattern in this town: Black girls have gone missing in these woods for years… — Lauren Daley, Boston Globe