"This pitch-perfect horror experience can be enjoyed as pure entertainment for its fun retro slasher style, but teen readers will also fully appreciate the sly underlying social commentary." — Booklist (starred review)
"The atmospheric writing and frenetic pacing make for an unputdownable read, and the final girl trope is perfectly executed.... Gruesome, ghastly, and satisfying." — Kirkus Reviews
“This party starts early, and it does not stop until all the bodies have hit the floor.” — Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels and The Only Good Indians
"Adam Cesare's CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD starts as a fun and scary retro-slasher but then cleverly twists and bloodies its way into being a very new kind of beast. Rejoice horror fans new and old, and be terrified of Adam's everyday clowns." — Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World
"Tense, modern and gory, Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield is simultaneously classic and fresh. This is thrilling, old school horror for a new generation." — Madeleine Roux, author of the Asylum series
"Clown in a Cornfield delivers everything the title promises—and more. More carnage, more mayhem and a sly social commentary that cuts to the bone. A must-read for horror fans." — Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls
This debut horror novel has all the trappings of a good, popcorn-scented slasher flick. Reluctant readers will find this a quick and fun read. They will definitely appreciate the stress-relieving escapism. Suggest it to readers looking for Stephen King read-alikes and fans of the Friday the 13th franchise. — YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Nominee
Clown in a Cornfield is a true-to-form classic horror story, complete with blood and gore, chainsaws and crossbows, and abundant deaths. This is a truly fun piece of escapism for teens who are okay with slasher-flick violence. — YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
“This book is a violent and timely tale with thinly veiled yet compelling subtext that should resonate. It’s a breakneck slasher sequel that doesn’t waste any time getting to the action and suspense.” — Bloody Disgusting
"There’s a lot to love about Adam Cesare’s new novel, Clown in a Cornfield. First, the title. Holy crap. Then the front cover. Double holy crap. Also consider it’s already received blurbs from people like Clive Barker, Stephen Graham Jones, and Paul Tremblay? Triple holy crap. People are going to be talking about this novel all year. Get ready for it." — Lit Reactor
"Cesare’s cinematic eye means the set-pieces are loud, brash, and dramatic (it’s no surprise that there’s a film adaptation in the works). Given what we are all experiencing now, there’s something wonderfully pleasing, nostalgic, and even therapeutic spending several hours cheering on Quinn – smart and brave — as she takes on [...] killer clowns." — Locus Magazine
"With this novel, Cesare is going to create a new generation of life-long horror fans." — Signal Horizon Magazine
One of the most anticipated books of the summer! — Paste Magazine
USA Today Bestseller - Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo — USA Today
"A must read for horror fans" — Variety
2024-06-15
A survivor of multiple massacres hunts down the people she holds responsible in this third installment in Cesare’s hit Clown in a Cornfield series.
Quinn Maybrook is back, and she’s bound and determined to track down all the parties who spearheaded the previous tragedies in Kettle Springs. She’s armed with a list of names, some Frendo masks, assorted weapons, and Johnny, her kidnapping-victim-turned-ally. Also riding shotgun with her is the ghost of Arthur Hill, Kettle Springs’ original homicidal maniac, whose body somehow disappeared before it could be buried. As she crosses off the names on her list, however, Quinn begins to realize that someone even more vicious than she is one step ahead of her. Meanwhile, in the newly incorporated Kettle Springs township, the Frendo followers’ fanaticism is reaching new heights, ramping up to a frenzy and setting the whole town on a deadly collision course with Quinn and her rage. The book opens with a bloody bang and spares no gore or bloodshed throughout. With plenty of callbacks to earlier names and events, having read the first two books in the series is imperative to understanding the cult of Frendo. The atmospheric writing and frenetic pacing make for an unputdownable read, and the final girl trope is perfectly executed. Most characters are coded white; Johnny reads Black.
Gruesome, ghastly, and satisfying.(Horror. 14-18)
