David Looganโs dark past is revealed in this prequel to Bad Things Happenโthe critically acclaimed mystery that Stephen King called a โgreat f***ing book.โ
On a rainy night in April, a chance encounter draws David into a romance with Jana Fletcher, a beautiful young law student. Jana is an enigma: living in a run-down apartment with only the barest of possessions, sporting a bruise on her cheek that she refuses to explain. David would like to know her secrets, but he lets them lieโuntil itโs too late.
When Jana is brutally murdered, the police consider David a prime suspect. But as he sets out to uncover the truth, he soon learns that Janaโs death may be related to an earlier murder, one that she was obsessed with during the last weeks of her life.
And as he retraces her steps, he begins to realize that heโs treading a very dangerous pathโand that her killer is watching every move he makes.