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Welcome to the blog tour for Laurel Hightower’s Whispers in the Dark. This tale will give your goosebumps goosebumps! Follow along for exclusive content and a chance to win a signed copy (US only) or a digital copy in your preferred format (International)!
Whispers in the Dark
Publication Date: December 7th, 2018
Genre: Paranormal Thriller/ Horror
Publisher: JournalStone
Rose McFarland is a trained killer–a Memphis S.W.A.T. sniper with a secret. Her team knows about the burn scars that lurk under her clothes, a legacy of the house fire that killed her father and brother sixteen years before. Her supervisors know that she spent two years in a rehabilitative facility, healing and learning to cope with the emotional trauma of the fire. But no one knows about the visions that drove her there, angry spirits that consumed her childhood, alienated her from her family and made her doubt her own sanity–the Whispers.
When Charlie Akers, a half-brother she never knew, ends up on the wrong side of Rose’s rifle, she unwittingly sets off a chain of events that puts her family in the middle of increasingly dangerous paranormal visitations. Charlie won’t stay dead, and soon ghosts from Rose’s past are creeping back into her life. People she’s killed in the line of duty, family she thought long buried, every one of them under the influence of Rose’s greatest fear, the Whispers themselves.
As the walls between our world and the world of the dead grow thin, Rose will have to face her old nightmares to stop the Whispers from breaking free. If she can’t, it won’t just be Memphis that falls to the dead–there will be no safe place left on earth for the living.
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Review:
This is a book that truly blends genres! In this case, all my favourites; Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Paranormal, and even a smidge of Crime Fiction!
Wow! Just, wow!
I knew when I checked out this book’s reviews that it was going to be a good, but Whispers in the Dark far exceeded my expectations!
It really is hard to classify as it’s a beautiful blend of all of my my favourite genres, the dark ones, and that in itself, makes this book truly special.
Here we have this tough as nails SWAT sergeant, a lethal sniper no less, epitomize the idea of the “Strong female protagonist”! She makes no apologies for her exceptional skill at ridding her city of dangerous criminals one shot at a time, and after, she goes home to her family, a loving mother to her two children, easily compartmentalizing her job and her family. That is until, she starts hearing and seeing things that shouldn’t be there. Horrifying things.
It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel. Everything about it screams experience! The writing is wonderful, the plot refreshingly new, and the characters are all fully developed, with vivid personalities, flaws, and backstories.
I don’t do spoilers, so I can’t divulge too much about it, but I loved this book and I still have goosebumps from the chilling paranormal element to this story.
I now see why almost all of the reviews I have read are 5 stars. This book truly deserves it and am delighted to add my own 5 star review everywhere I can! This is a must read folks and it will appeal to all sorts of readers!
Rating… A+
Excerpt
His heart thudding again, Zack tried to hold his breath, peering
into the gloom. He didn’t have to wait long. Another shuffle, something
dragging against the grit. A shadow, darker than the rest of the
night. It moved, swayed. Waited.
“Matt?”
No answer, but Zack thought he could hear breathing now. Labored,
wheezing. The way Matt had sounded toward the end. He took a step closer,
stopped. “Matt?”
“Zack.” A whisper. Tired, but an uptick of hope at the end.
Zack swallowed. Matt had been waiting a long time. For the first
time, Zack wondered if his brother would be angry.
More dry dragging as Matt moved again. He was close now, almost
close enough to touch. Zack coughed, his asthma tickled by something in
the dry air down here. What was that? What did it smell like now?
“Zack?” A hand reaching out, slow, tentative.
Zack smiled tremulously, reached out too. Clasped the hand he’d
waited thirty-seven years to feel again. Felt it pull him closer, into a shaft
of moonlight coming through a broken window high on the wall. He looked
up, into his brother’s face. Faltered.
“Matt?”
No, Zack realized with regret as the bony clutch tightened and
pulled him close. Not Matt at all.
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About the Author
Laurel Hightower grew up in Kentucky, attending college in California and Tennessee before returning home to horse country, where she lives with her husband, son and two rescue animals, Yattering the cat (named for the Clive Barker short story) and Ladybug the adorable mutt. She definitely wants to see a picture of your dog, and often bonds with complete strangers over animal stories. A lifetime reader, she would raid her parents’ bookshelves from an early age, resulting in a number of awkward conversations about things like, “what does getting laid mean?” She loves discovering new favorite authors, and supporting the writing and reading community.
Laurel works as a paralegal in a mid-size firm, wrangling litigators by day and writing at night. A bourbon and beer girl, she’s a fan of horror movies and true life ghost stories. Whispers in the Dark is her first novel, though there are always more in the pipeline, and she loves researching anything horror related. She can usually be found working on the next project into the wee hours, sometimes as late as ten at night, as long as her toddler allows. Follow her on social media, even though she’s really bad at it, and she’ll follow you back. Plus you’ll be rewarded by pictures of cute dogs and kids.
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Blog Tour Schedule
October 21st
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Viviana MacKade (Guest Post) https://viviana-mackade.blog/
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Jessica Belmont (Review) https://jessicabelmont.wordpress.com/
The Reading Chemist (Review) https://thereadingchemist.com/
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Didi Oviatt (Review) https://didioviatt.wordpress.com
Banshee Irish Horror Blog (Review) www.bansheeirishhorrorblog.com
Dark Reads (Review) http://darkreads826573417.wordpress.com
October 23rd
The Magic of Wor(l)ds (Interview) http://themagicofworlds.wordpress.com
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The Faerie Review (Review) http://www.thefaeriereview.com
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October 25th
Eclectic Reviews (Review) https://eclecticreview.com/
Ity Reads Books (Review) http://www.ityreadsbooks.home.blog
J Bronder Book Reviews (Review) https://jbronderbookreviews.com/
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I’ve seen some fantastic reviews for this book, Shannon. On my way to Amazon!
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Oh it’s so good Teri! You’re going to love it!
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