This is the first horror book (but not the first thriller/mystery) I’ve read. At first I nearly lost interest when the creature was described within the first chapter as I’m often more scared by not knowing what the creature looked like. The entire time I was on the fence about whether it was a supernatural beast or a man but as it went on that this creature had a high level of intelligence that it somehow had to be like a Ghostface-level man. I hated Todd and was, in a sick way, glad he died. I also grew increasingly suspicious of Decker when Clara showed up with all the missing persons cases when he’s the one who assigns them and he also came up with an outrageous explanation for Eileen’s disappearance. Despite its mild predictability, Todd, and the slightly unsatisfying ending, the book did have me go “WTF” and jump at sudden noises in my house.