Friend of the Devil

DEBUT Sam is a military vet with serious PTSD, now working as an insurance company investigator. He’s called to an isolated boarding school off the coast of Massachusetts to settle a claim they have made on an irreplaceable rare book. Harriet is a headstrong, Dungeons & Dragons–loving school newspaper reporter who is sick and tired of being bullied. At first separately, in alternating story lines, and then slowly converging as they work together, Sam and Harriet come to realize that there is more going on at Danforth Putman than meets the eye. There is an occult force underpinning the centuries-old school, one that has wielded its power through that missing book, and that may be connected directly to the Devil himself. In this compelling horror thriller with very wide appeal, Lloyd builds a strong sense of place, claustrophobic and unsettling, that draws readers into the disturbing mystery before unleashing a stunning, sinister, and thought-provoking twist that will devastate readers and leave them begging for another Sam and Harriet adventure.