Midnight is the Darkest Hour : A Novel
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Publisher Description
For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all . . . even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar—and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.
A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A skull carved with strange symbols draws two outsiders together in this small-town Southern gothic thriller. In Bottom Springs, Louisiana, librarian Ruth Cornier is still best known as the daughter of the town’s much-feared preacher. When the small town goes into a frenzy after the discovery of a human skull in the nearby swamp, only her old friend Everett—who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks—can help her unearth the truth. Best-selling thriller maven Ashley Winstead knows how to build breathtaking suspense, setting the mismatched duo on a path to uncover all the dirty secrets of their holier-than-thou hometown. While these two friends would seem immune to the townsfolk’s dark superstitions, Winstead gives them a dose of creepy horror that pushes the plot into truly sinister territory, and narrator Sarah Welborn’s soft regional drawl plays up the sinister Southern gothic vibe. Masterfully mixing religion, superstition, and a steamy Southern setting, Midnight Is the Darkest Hour is a brilliantly twisted thriller.
