What Grows in the Dark
A Novel
-
-
3.0 • 2 Ratings
-
-
- $12.99
-
- $12.99
Publisher Description
"At once suspenseful and tender…a queer horror masterpiece."
—Marisa Crane, author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
In this chilling contemporary horror novel, a phony spiritualist returns to her hometown to assist in an investigation that eerily mirrors her sister’s death, forcing her to confront the secrets she’s been running from.
Sixteen years ago, Brigit Weylan’s older sister, Emma, walked into the woods in their small hometown of Ellis Creek. She never walked out. People said she was troubled—in the months leading up to her death, she was convinced there was a monster in those trees. Marked by the tragedy, Brigit left town and never looked back.
Now Brigit travels around the country investigating paranormal activity (and faking the results) with her cameraman, Ian. But when she receives a call from Ellis Creek, she’s thrust into the middle of a search for two missing teenagers. As Brigit and Ian are drawn further into the case, the parallels to Emma’s death become undeniable. And worse, Brigit can’t explain what’s happening to her: trees appearing in her bedroom in the middle of the night, something with a very familiar laugh watching her out in the darkness, and Emma’s voice on her phone, reminding Brigit to finish what they started.
More and more, it looks like Emma was right: there is a monster in Ellis Creek, and it’s waited a long time for Brigit to come home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Evans's suspenseful horror debut, a pair of fraudulent paranormal investigators are called in to examine a real haunting. Sixteen years ago, Brigit Weylan's older sister, Emma, was found dead in an apparent suicide outside the woods where the girls once played. Soon after, Brigit left town for good. Now she lives on the road with her friend, Ian, conning people by faking supernatural happenings and then swooping in as experts. Ian, who films their so-called investigations and uploads them to YouTube, believes they'd have a hit show on their hands if they could just get a network pickup. Then Brigit gets a call from Emma's former girlfriend, now a police detective, informing her that two teens have disappeared in the same woods where Emma died, followed by strange, seemingly paranormal occurrences. Though Brigit doesn't want to return home, Emma offers to pay, and she can't resist the money. Upon arrival, she and Ian find that the teens' disappearance is directly connected to Emma's death. The more they investigate, the more the forest comes alive—and it wants Brigit. Evans gets the pacing of this chiller just right. Skin-crawling and unpredictable, this is sure to please horror fans.
