Whispers in the Dark: The haunting debut horror that will keep you turning the pages through the night
Allison Gunn
Aug 2025 · Embla Books
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Don't go into the dark woods - where the trees grow dense and the sunlight struggles to reach the underbrush . . .
Rachel Kennan knows the townspeople of Dahlmouth will never accept her as police chief. She's an outsider, she isn't part of the history of this tightknit, superstitious community in Virginia. She's faced the same hostility every day for three years, but she couldn't care less, because her son is dead. And it was her husband Finn and his drinking that caused the accident.
Rachel can barely look at Finn, despite all the pain she sees in him. Their family is falling apart. Their two daughters are the only things keeping Rachel and Finn together, but the girls have demons of their own . . .
Then, one day, Rachel is called out to a horrifying scene in the woods. A man has been nailed to a tree. Whatever happened to him is like nothing she's encountered before.
And now little Abby Grayson is missing. Rachel searches frantically, but before long more of Dahlmouth's children disappear. And soon, the locals' wariness turns to fear and contempt, and Rachel and Finn must rely on each other if they have any hope of getting what's left of their family through this . . .
Whispers in the Dark is a haunting debut horror and a disquieting exploration of grief, Appalachian folklore, and the quiet terror of domesticity.
Readers are obsessed:
'This was SO creepy! Eerie with horrific imagery, an absolute masterpiece in edge-of-your intensity. This would be an absolutely incredible film. I cannot wait for another book by this author - it was hard to believe this was a debut novel!' Reader review, five stars
'Her writing reminds me of Stephen King one moment, and Shirley Jackson the next. The final scene still haunts me. If you are a lover of horror, Whispers in the Dark is for you.' Reader review, five stars
'Completely terrifying and you can't look away even when you want to.' Reader review, five stars
'I've got chills! Holy freaking crap . . . Once I reached the end, I felt like I needed to just sit and take a few calming breaths.' Reader review, five stars
'A creepy, atmospheric, supernatural horror novel debut that you don't want to miss!!' Reader review, five stars
'What a ride. If there was a creepiness scale for rating books, this one would get a ten.' Reader review, five stars
Rachel Kennan knows the townspeople of Dahlmouth will never accept her as police chief. She's an outsider, she isn't part of the history of this tightknit, superstitious community in Virginia. She's faced the same hostility every day for three years, but she couldn't care less, because her son is dead. And it was her husband Finn and his drinking that caused the accident.
Rachel can barely look at Finn, despite all the pain she sees in him. Their family is falling apart. Their two daughters are the only things keeping Rachel and Finn together, but the girls have demons of their own . . .
Then, one day, Rachel is called out to a horrifying scene in the woods. A man has been nailed to a tree. Whatever happened to him is like nothing she's encountered before.
And now little Abby Grayson is missing. Rachel searches frantically, but before long more of Dahlmouth's children disappear. And soon, the locals' wariness turns to fear and contempt, and Rachel and Finn must rely on each other if they have any hope of getting what's left of their family through this . . .
Whispers in the Dark is a haunting debut horror and a disquieting exploration of grief, Appalachian folklore, and the quiet terror of domesticity.
Readers are obsessed:
'This was SO creepy! Eerie with horrific imagery, an absolute masterpiece in edge-of-your intensity. This would be an absolutely incredible film. I cannot wait for another book by this author - it was hard to believe this was a debut novel!' Reader review, five stars
'Her writing reminds me of Stephen King one moment, and Shirley Jackson the next. The final scene still haunts me. If you are a lover of horror, Whispers in the Dark is for you.' Reader review, five stars
'Completely terrifying and you can't look away even when you want to.' Reader review, five stars
'I've got chills! Holy freaking crap . . . Once I reached the end, I felt like I needed to just sit and take a few calming breaths.' Reader review, five stars
'A creepy, atmospheric, supernatural horror novel debut that you don't want to miss!!' Reader review, five stars
'What a ride. If there was a creepiness scale for rating books, this one would get a ten.' Reader review, five stars
About the author
Allison Gunn is a professional researcher, writer, and podcaster with a penchant for all things whimsical and strange. An alum of the University of Maryland, she has extensively studied marginalized communities as well as Appalachian folklore and the occult. She currently resides in the wonderfully weird land of West Virginia with her twin daughters, a precocious pup, and one seriously troubled tabby. Nowhere (titled Whispers in the Dark in the UK) is her first novel.
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