Disappearance at Devil's Rock

By Paul Tremblay

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World, a gripping novel in which the mysterious disappearance of a teenage boy is only the beginning of unimaginable terrors.

"An atmospheric, gut-twisting descent." --NPR

Late one night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her thirteen-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished without a trace.

The search isn't yielding any answers, and Elizabeth and her young daughter, Kate, struggle to comprehend Tommy's disappearance. Their feelings of helplessness and sorrow are compounded by anger and frustration: the police have uncovered no leads. The two friends who were with Tommy before he vanished may not be telling the whole truth about that night in Borderland State Park, when they were hanging out at a landmark the local teens have renamed Devil's Rock.

Living in an all-too-real nightmare, Elizabeth is unprepared for the strange events that follow. She believes she sees Tommy's ghost in her bedroom, while Kate and other residents claim to see a figure peering through their windows at night. Random pages torn from Tommy's journal begin to mysteriously appear--entries that reveal an introverted teenager obsessed with the phantasmagoric; the loss of his father, killed in a drunk-driving accident a decade earlier; a folktale involving the devil and the Borderland woods; and a horrific incident that Tommy believed connects them all.

As the search grows more desperate, and the implications of what happened become more sinister, no one is prepared for the shocking truth about Tommy's disappearance at Devil's Rock.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063312476
• ISBN13: 9780063312470
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Great when the writing is centered around the adult characters.

The writing for the kids actively hurt me. I had picked this novel up because I heard from a few sources that this book was a good spooky horror book. I agree mostly, the parts that are centered around the adults feel interesting to read. I was totally engaged when I was reading through those parts. Admittedly, I may be out of touch with what 13 year olds talk like now, the setting DOES take place in modern day, however any time any child had dialogue, it make me cringe. It feels like an old person attempting to explain to me what the word BRUH means. I had to put the book down because for a while because of that. Otherwise though, the story is compelling. I wouldn't give this book a negative review, I would just ask Paul to stop writing children, or at least write them differently. Over all worth picking up as a library book. Ive edited this review a few times. I forgot I didn't really enjoy the ending either.

Great book

Kept me on edge of seat I read this super fast couldn't put it down