New Bites: Red Rain by R.L. Stine

 

R.L. Stine, New York Times bestselling author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series—two
of the bestselling children’s book series of all time—now sets his
sights on adults with a terrifying new horror novel, Red Rain, centered on a town
in the grip of a sinister revolt.

  Before there was J. K.
Rowling, before there was Stephenie Meyer or Suzanne Collins, there was
R.L. Stine. Witty, creepy, and compulsively readable, his books defined
horror for a generation of young readers— readers who have now come of
age. In Red Rain, Stine uses his unerring knack for creating
terror to tap into some very grownup fears. Travel writer Lea Sutter
finds herself on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, the
wrong place at the wrong time. A merciless, unanticipated hurricane cuts
a path of destruction through the island and Lea barely escapes with
her life.



In the storm’s aftermath, she discovers two orphaned
boys—twins. Filled with a desire to do something to help, to make
something good of all she witnessed, Lea impulsively decides to adopt
them. The boys, Samuel and Daniel, seem amiable and immensely grateful;
Lea’s family back on Long Island—husband Mark, a child psychologist, and
their two children, Ira and Elena—aren’t quite so pleased. But even
they can’t anticipate the twins’ true nature—or predict that, within a
few weeks’ time, Mark will wind up implicated in two brutal murders,
with the police narrowing in.



For the millions of readers who grew up on Goosebumps, and for every fan of deviously inventive horror, this is a must-read from a beloved master of the genre.