The Hour Before Dark

Never play the Dark Game...From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a riveting supernatural thriller of dangerous secrets within a haunted family. After the brutal murder of a loved one, Nemo Raglan must return to the New England family he thought he'd escaped for good...and the shadowy home called Hawthorn. As Nemo unravels the mysteries of the past and a terrible night from his childhood, a dark presence makes itself known on Burnley Island. PRAISE FOR THE HOUR BEFORE DARK "Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction, and The Hour Before Dark is his best and most exciting novel to date. This is pure imagination, and it is wearing speed skates." - Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and, with Stephen King, The Talisman. ..".An eerie psychological tale of supernatural horror that builds suspense gradually as the characters slowly peel back the layers of their past and face the terrors of their shared childhood. Clegg approaches horror with a stark and vital simplicity that is utterly convincing. Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem." - Library Journal "Suspenseful and relentlessly spooky, told in economical prose yet peopled by characters as fully realized as one's own blood kin, this is at once the most artful and most mainstream tale yet from one of horror's brightest lights." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Read More from Douglas Clegg Neverland The Children's Hour Goat Dance Purity Dark of the Eye The Words Wild Things Nightmare House Bad Karma Red Angel Night Cage Mischief The Infinite The Abandoned The Necromancer Isis The Hour Before Dark You Come When I Call You Naomi The Nightmare Chronicles Breeder The Attraction The Halloween Man Night Asylum Lights Out Funerary Rites Dinner with the Cannibal Sisters Afterlife