Laymon is always a fun read and here he is in top form. As usual there is a deceptively simple premise: A librarian begins playing a game with an unseen person who refers to himself as MOG. She gets increasing amounts of cash for figuring out riddles and going to where the next clue is hidden. But the game gets increasingly sinister and she finds that MOG won't let her stop. Creepy, violent, graphic, twisted, is what you should expect from Laymon, but I for one had a blast playing/reading this book. IN THE DARK is a great horror novel.