Almost Dark

The author of Echo Lake “does a masterful job of creating an atmosphere heavy with a town’s history . . . as well as the dread of the unknown” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World).

Claire, a private and outwardly content librarian, carries a secret: She is wracked with guilt over her twin brother Sam’s accidental death fifteen years earlier. Claire’s quiet life is threatened when Justin, an aggressive business developer, announces the renovation of Farmington’s oldest textile factory, which is the scene of Sam’s death, along with many other mysterious accidents throughout its long history. Claire not only feels a personal connection to the factory, but she also begins to receive “visitations” from her brother, which cause her to question her sanity. As Justin moves forward with his plans to renew the factory, Claire—and the town as a whole—discover that in Farmington there is no clear line between the past and the present.

“A lyrical, haunting, and unsettling story, one that Letitia Trent crafts out of the skeletons and whispers of a small town with a decidedly tragic past.” —Richard Thomas, award-winning author of Breaker

“Recalls the golden era of 1970s and 1980s horror fiction, but burnished with an entirely contemporary voice, crafted with a poet’s eye for detail and ear for language. Reminiscent of the early work of Ramsey Campbell and Charles L. Grant, simultaneously chilling and poignant, this novel and its inhabitants haunted me long after I had uneasily put it down and switched on every light in the house.” —Michael Rowe, award-winning author of October