Dollface - by Lindy Ryan (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan.

Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and maybe not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends.

But then a plastic face-masked serial killer begins slashing their way through town, one overly made-up mom at a time. The police are incredulous. The moms are indignant. And Jill is slowly wrapped into a killer's murderous spree, until she might just be the last woman standing.

A delightfully murderous novel that is equal parts scathing and salacious, Dollface will win you over with its gossip and gore, one body at a time.

"A juicy, irreverent and bloody twist on the genre." - Variety

Review Quotes

Most Anticipated by Macabre Daily, CrimeReads, Bloody Disgusting

Praise for Dollface:

"A juicy, irreverent and bloody twist on the genre." --Variety

"Lindy Ryan hands women the horror fix they crave." --Cemetery Dance

"In Ryan's fabulous new slasher, the satire cuts sharper than the murder weapon." --CrimeReads

"Lindy Ryan's novels are always a blast, and this one in particular feels like a treat." --Bloody Disgusting

"A whimsical, bloody, unsettling suburban slasher with an unexpected twist that will hit way too close to home for any mom who'd rather face a serial killer than a PTA meeting. I connected to the final girl on a molecular level!" --Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author of Bloom and It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

"Imagine The Real Housewives: Friday the 13th edition, and you'll have an idea of how much gory fun awaits you in Dollface. This twisty slasher novel screams Lindy Ryan's mischievous and bloodthirsty talent!" --Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Birds and Road of Bones

"Dollface is Stepford meets Stephen King--sharp and sinister in all the best ways. A twisted joy for horror fans." --James "Murr" Murray and Darren Wearmouth, bestselling co-authors of The Stowaway and You Better Watch Out

"Literary slashers are having a moment right now, but I'm hard pressed to think of one in any medium like Lindy Ryan's Dollface. Equal parts Stephen Graham Jones, Rachel Harrison, Ira Levin, and Sarah Langan, with a trenchant wit, rip-roaring pace, real anger, and one of the most unsettling opening chapters I've read in decades." --Nat Cassidy, USA Today bestselling author of When the Wolf Comes Home and Mary

"A twisty, gory homage to the slasher, with a horror writer heroine who's just a little too knowledgeable about genre tropes...Dollface is a whole lot of bloody fun." --Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

"Lindy Ryan's suburban giallo goes for the gullet, then slices right through. Dollface stands proudly within the new slasher canon alongside the works of Stephen Graham Jones and Brian McAuley, finding fresh weapons to render the reader's imagination into the reddest of ribbons." --Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

"A modern, female-centered riff on the slasher tradition... Dollface stands as a bright, blood-streaked love letter to slasher films filtered through the lens of suburban satire and feminine rage." --Horror DNA

"[A] playful horror thriller." --New York Post

"If you're looking for a fun, bloody romp through Pleasantville, this is the book for you." --Rue Morgue

"Will manage to satisfy hardcore horror readers, but at the same time will also appeal to true crime or mystery fans. That's a tricky tightrope to walk, but Ryan makes it look easy and, in doing so, shows her mastery of the genre." --Gruesome Magazine

"With a keen eye for description and a finely-tuned ear for dialogue, Ryan delivers a high-octane story that refuses to be put down until the last page turns." --Novels Alive

"This book grabbed me by the throat and pulled me in. Perfect for readers who like their gore wrapped in social commentary." --RIOTUS

About the Author

LINDY RYAN is an award-winning author, anthologist, and short-film director whose books and anthologies have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal. Several of her projects have been adapted for screen. Ryan is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue. Declared a "champion for women's voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness, Ryan was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in 2020, and in 2022, was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators.​ Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Ryan currently resides on the East Coast.​​​ She is a professor at Rutgers University.