Bad Games

The terrifying bestseller, now optioned for film and television.

Patrick and Amy Lambert and their two children are heading to rural Pennsylvania for a remote getaway at the cabin.

When the family stops at a filling station along the way, a stranger strikes up a conversation and insists on paying for their gas.

Patrick and Amy find this a little odd.

Later, at a nearby diner, Patrick and Amy are shocked to discover their six-year-old daughter has secretly traded her treasured doll for a single piece of candy to the very same stranger.

This is no longer just a little odd.

The Lamberts don’t know it yet, but the game has officially begun.

A terrifying suspense thriller, Bad Games will keep you up all night as delves into the evil in humankind, along with the will and determination an innocent family must summon in order to fight back against unspeakable odds.

What readers are saying about Jeff Menapace and the Bad Games series:

"Outstanding...I have read horror before like John Saul, Dean Koontz and Stephen King, and they never bothered me as Bad Games did."

"Jeffery Deaver look out... this guy plays with your head."

"I have been a lifetime reader of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, James Patterson, Lisa Gardner, and various other suspense and horror authors... I have found a new author to add to my list of greats."

"I love the Prey series by John Sandford, and the Michael Bennett series by James Patterson. If any of these appeal to you, I strongly suggest reading this RIGHT NOW!!”

"Will scare you to death... Menapace will become a household name along with Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Richard Laymon."