These Deadly Words: Prequel to The Shadow Bound Chronicles -- Nichole Heydenburg, Hardcover

What happens when the line between fiction and reality blurs?

All Camille Monroe wants is a quiet place to work on her novel. Hoping for inspiration, she retreats to a cabin in Asheville, with only her dog Brody as company.

Leah Strauss thought the summer after high school graduation would be amazing, but when her boyfriend Vincent suffers an untimely loss, her dream of the perfect summer is destroyed. Attempting to cheer up Vincent, Leah's twin sister Ava and her boyfriend Noah join them on a road trip.

When a snowstorm strikes the mountains while Leah and her friends are hiking, they struggle to find their campsite. After becoming lost in the woods, they stumble across a cabin and seek shelter from the storm.

As the days pass, the guests feel increasingly unsafe in the stranger's cabin. Camille seems to know all their secrets, and she doesn't want them to leave. Who is this dangerous writer and what does she want from them? Their biggest problem quickly becomes escaping the cabin alive.

This locked room mystery is perfect for fans of Stephen King's Misery and Diana Urban's All Your Twisted Secrets.

Author: Nichole Heydenburg
Publisher: Poisoned Ink Press LLC
Published: 09/11/2024
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781961608108
Age Range: 13-17