The Darkling: A Novel - Softcover

Chesterton, R. B.; Haines, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605985430 ISBN 13: 9781605985435

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2014

Synopsis

"Offers eloquent evidence that Southern storytelling is indeed a very special art form."―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

In the 1940s, Coden, Alabama was a hideaway for movie stars - an isolated playground tucked among live oaks and placid bay waters where pleasure and vice could be indulged. By the summer of 1974 Coden's glamour has faded, but it doesn't bother Mimi Bosarge, who is just happy to have a job as a live-in tutor with the wealthiest family in town, the Hendersons. When the Hendersons generously open their arms to Annie, a troubled teenager with no recollection of her past, Mimi's greatest concern is creating a curriculum for the family's new ward.

But it soon becomes obvious that something is wrong. Annie seems suspiciously savvy for her young age, and Mimi can't quell the unnerving sense that there is something malicious about the waiflike beauty.

About this title

About the Author:

R. B. Chesterton is the pseudonym for Carolyn Haines. She is 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the 2009 recipient of the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and she was recently awarded the 2011 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. She is the author of dozens of books in a number of genres, including The Darkling, published by Pegasus Crime.

Carolyn Haines was the 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the 2009 recipient of the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and the 2011 RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. She is the author of more than sixty books in a number of genres. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of South Alabama where she teaches fiction writing.

Review:

“A sharp and edgy gothic thriller.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Who doesn’t love a spin-tingling ghost story? Even better, a ghost story so grounded in reality that it keeps you awake reading and sticks with you even in the daylight hours. Another winner from the author of more than 21 books in various genres.”
- Delta Magazine

“An unsettling piece of American gothic... It’s Haines’ knack for good, old-fashioned storytelling that truly sets The Darkling apart.”
- Bloody-disgusting.com

“With The Darkling, [Chesterton] firmly reestablishes herself as a queen of darkness and suspense.”
- Southern Literary Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1605985430
• ISBN 13: 9781605985435
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352