by Lee Thomas
First published 2004
Ted Lewis searches desperately through Marchand, Louisiana for his neighbor's missing son. The boy has become the latest victim of a brutal serial killer the locals call The River Rat. Ted tracks down the murderer and confronts him directly. He survives the encounter, but something terrible happens during their meeting. The killer is captured and imprisoned. The town believes the nightmare has ended. Ted discovers otherwise. Memories that are not his own begin flooding his mind. He sees the killer's victims and relives acts of violence he never committed. A dark presence grows stronger inside him each day. His ordinary life crumbles as he battles against forces that threaten to corrupt his very soul. Ted must find a way to resist the evil trying to consume him from within.
Genres: suspense, mystery, horror, psychological-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: supernatural-elements, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Marchand, Louisiana
Period: contemporary
290 pages · Paperback · Wildside Pr
Content warnings: gore, violence