The Girl Next Door is a novel that was written by Jack Ketchum in 1989. The story is told in a narrative style by an older man named David, who is reflecting on things that happened in the past, which are causing him to feel guilt, grief and intense regret - the things that he witnessed are haunting him and because the book is told in a flashback, first person type style it isn't long before we start understanding how horrendous the events that he witnessed were. Although the narrator is a huge part of the story, the real focus in the book is a girl called Meg, and her little sister, who move into their aunts house (the narrator's neighbors house) after their parents ...  Read the complete review