From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret.
Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a very peculiar cat named Godfrey. At first, he’s a warm and affectionate companion. Godfrey follows Penny all around the house and insists on sleeping by her side every night. But soon strange things are happening. Penny is haunted by disturbing and violent nightmares. There’s a terrible insect infestation in her basement. And her health starts failing, as if her mind and body are under attack by a sinister, malevolent force.
Penny may be a cat person, but she’s starting to think Godfrey is no ordinary cat...
Jason Rekulak’s new novel is intensely plotted, wonderfully frightening, and wildly clever.
"The 80-plus pages of illustrations include both Penny's comic panels and Barnabas' 19th-century images, the latter also filled with hints of what will emerge in the dramatic, screamworthy climax. For readers who like their fun laced with skin-crawling weirdness."
Kirkus
"Garfield meets Rosemary's Baby…Increasingly terrifying comic strips and haunting woodcut illustrations accentuate the tale's sinister undertones, while Rekulak's broad characterizations make room for humor. With a plot that's by turns cozy, creepy, and comedic, this is good fun."
