Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare

 Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare-406 pages

In the sequel, we find Quinn Maybrook in Philadelphia beginning college and Cole Hill and Rust Vance still in Kettle Springs, Missouri trying to make things work. Quinn's father, Glenn, is now mayor of Kettle Springs and is trying to make it better and move past the massacre in the Tillerson's cornfield last year. However, Eli Duvall and his family, entertainment tycoons from Branson, Missouri, have opened a haunted park at the exact site of last year's massacre. Arthur Hill survived the aftermath of the massacre and is seeking revenge on Quinn, Cole, and Rust. There are new videos circulating the internet and social media saying that Quinn, Cole, and Rust were responsible for massacring the adults and had orchestrated the whole thing. One such video is called "The Baypen Hoax." It has echoes of current events, especially deep fakes and conspiracy theories not based in reality. Mayor Glenn Maybrook is attacked by someone in a Frendo the Clown costume and this leads to a new threat of massacre and unrest. Cole and Rust are visiting Quinn at college in Philadelphia and are attacked at the same time as Glenn by someone in a Frendo mask. Quinn learns of the attack on her father and she and Cole and Rust rush back to Kettle Springs. On Halloween, a mass of people wearing Frendo masks descend on Kettle Springs and bring unrest. They're seeking to arrest and bring to justice those they (mistakenly) believe perpetrated last year's attack, Quinn, Cole, and Rust. They want vigilante justice because they believe in the conspiracy theories and lies circulating the internet and social media. Will Quinn, Cole and Rust make it out alive again? What about Quinn's father, Glenn? Who else will make it out? I really liked this one and there were some interesting, surprising plot twists. I would recommend this to any horror fan, especially anyone who liked the first Clown in a Cornfield.