All the Dark Disguises

The police have warned Jesus Creek folk that the town is on the Night Terror's itinerary, but thanks to the confabulations over the imminent St. Patrick's Day celebration, no one has time to stew over a madman who kills pretty blondes.

The only immediate consequence is that clever Kay -- Jesus Creek poet, waitress, and purveyor of cosmetics -- seizes the opportunity to promote her Lady Mystique Bashful Brunette hair color. But when she finds a pentagram and the words You Next carved into her front door, Kay feels the chill of the hunted.

When there's yet another murder, this one signed with the familiar pentagram, the Night Terror becomes Kay's personal horror, a constant nightmare from which she cannot seem to awaken....