![]() ![]() Chess matches and conversations between Ollie and the smiling man humanize the shape-shifting villain, exposing just enough of his motives to wrap up unanswered questions. The expert use of pacing and sensory cues-sights, sounds, and smells-helps heighten the genuinely terrifying chase scenes. While predatory clowns and humans-turned-dolls are far from new territory, Arden once again flexes her gift for atmospheric writing to envelop readers in the story’s eerie mist. Without the keys, Ollie and friends will be next. By night, the carnival’s clowns hunt wayward children to turn into dolls. ![]() When the carnival moves to East Evansburg, the stage is set for the final showdown. Meanwhile, Ollie-traveling with the smiling man and his carnival-tries to figure out a way to escape him on her own. ![]() The smiling man releases one of his other trapped children to deliver a message: they’ll need three hidden keys to win Ollie back. ![]() But there’s been an Ollie-shaped hole in everyone’s lives since the dastardly “smiling man” took her. Arden’s quartet of seasonal horrors concludes with sinister clowns at a carnival.Ī dry summer in East Evansburg sends friends Brian, Coco, and Phil to Lethe Creek to cool off. ![]()
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