{"product_id":"the-darkness-surrounds-us-paperback-2","title":"The Darkness Surrounds Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Lukasik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An early-autumn treat fit for late-night devouring.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A taut gothic mystery with an intriguing twist.\" --Susanna Calkins, award-winning author of the Lucy Campion Mysteries and the Speakeasy Murders \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Ghostly Window Into the Past \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNurse Nellie Lester can't escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit mansion on a desolate Michigan island. She's convinced the island holds the secret to her mother's murky past. The only problem? Her dead mother seems to have followed her there. Nightly she's haunted by a ghostly presence that appears in her bedroom. But is it her mother or something more sinister?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the frozen body of the prior nurse is unearthed, Nellie suspects her family's history and the nurse's uncanny death are connected to a mysterious group that disappeared from the island twenty-four years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs winter closes in, past and present collide resurrecting a lurid killer, hell-bent on keeping the island's secrets. Will Nellie uncover her mother's shocking past before the killer enacts his final revenge?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lukasik blends all the elements needed for a dark suspense novel: a forbidding mansion, ghostly presences, secret passages, a hostile housekeeper, a temperamental employer, and residents unwilling to talk to outsiders. For fans of \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in White\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Mrs. Westaway\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkness Surrounds Us\u003c\/i\u003e is Gail Lukasik's fifth mystery novel and her first Gothic mystery. \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e praised Gail's mysteries as \"riveting, fast-paced and loaded with suspense.\" Gail's memoir, \u003ci\u003eWhite Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing\u003c\/i\u003e, captured national attention and led to her appearance on NBC's \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e named \u003ci\u003eWhite Like Her\u003c\/i\u003e one of the most inspiring stories of 2017. Once a member of the Cleveland Civic Ballet Company, she credits her aesthetic sensibility, her stage presence, and her writerly discipline to her training as a classical ballerina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.52 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255331307769,"sku":"9780744305647","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SgZ_Peoqqx9780744305647_2f65b970-9f15-44b9-a420-57126542c1d7.webp?v=1768721295","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-darkness-surrounds-us-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}