Part of Dungeon Crawler Carl, book 7
First published 2024
When loner Ethan Bates rolls into the sleepy town of Willow Creek, the locals are immediately suspicious. His untimely arrival coincides with a series of unsettling events - a missing girl, a string of brutal murders, and a decades-old cover-up that some will kill to protect. As Ethan delves deeper into the town's haunting past, he finds himself at the center of a deadly confrontation that will force him to confront his own dark history. With the clock ticking and the body count rising, Ethan must uncover the truth before the town's fragile existence is destroyed forever.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-secrets, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Willow Creek
705 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: murder, violence