I agree--The Girl next Door is one of the best novels EVER, of any genre. Though I like most of Ketchum's stuff, Girl stands head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. I've read everything mentioned, and just picked up a copy of the novella Right to Life. Any good?
Speaking of brutal, has anyone read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian or James Carlos Blake's Wildwood Boys and In The Rogue Blood? Not horror, but all beautifully written and very, very disturbing.
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