Joe R. Lansdale

"Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbors claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more sinister is afoot. Meg was last seen working at the local donut shop, a business run by a shadow group most refer to as 'The Saucer People'; a space-age, evangelist cult...Along with his brother Felix...Charlie...

"Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their Buick into Moon Lake. Miraculously surviving the crash, a now fully grown Daniel returns to the site of this traumatic incident in the hopes of recovering his father's car and remains. But as he attempts to finally put to rest the memories that have plagued him for years, Daniel discovers inconsistencies amid the Buick's wreckage, minor at first, and...

"It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories--a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar...