This was a very creepy book and the more I became involved reading it, the more I couldn't put it down. What they thought was their dream house ends up being a slow descent into hell as they have to endure not only the ghostly things happening within the house, but they also have to endure voodoo that the stranger has invoked upon them. The basement also holds a mysterious locked trapped door that make the Bowden's wonder what is really below their house. Creaks, cold drafts of air, footsteps, doors opening and closing. He tells them that they must leave the house within three days or suffer the consequences.Īt first they think that he is just a senile old man and they decide to ignore his ultimatum, but then things start happening in the house. With packed boxes laying around the house and the Bowden's trying to settle in to their new home, a stranger knocks on their door that changes their lives forever.Īn elderly gentleman dressed in vintage clothes including a top hat tells them that the home belongs to him and that they had bought his home fraudulently. Len and Olivia Bowden move into what they thought would be their dream home along with their daughter, Kennedy. This was my second book by Brandon Massey and I really enjoyed the atmospheric ghost story as it wrapped its tendrils around me! A gripping thriller that deftly explores the supernatural invading the lives of an ordinary family, IN THE DARK is Brandon Massey at his riveting best. But once they finally discover the shocking truth about the old house and its mysterious former resident, it may already be too late. As the incidents worsen, they realize that their very lives depend upon finding out what's really going on. And young Kennedy is convinced that she sees monsters lurking in the shadows. But the disturbing confrontation with the old man is only the beginning. When they refuse to give in to his demands, they are confident the incident will blow over, and they take reassurance in their legal rights to the home. He asserts that the property still rightfully belongs to him-and he demands that they move out within three days.

An elderly man, strong and imposing in spite of his age, he claims that a con artist deceived him in a mortgage deal, leading to the foreclosure on the house into which they’ve moved. Then the stranger arrives at their front door. Hardly able to believe their good fortune, they move in and begin making plans for a promising future. The classic Victorian in a historic Atlanta neighborhood had everything they were looking lots of room in which to grow, friendly neighbors, and best of all, a bargain price, the result of a bank foreclosure. Len and Olivia Bowden had been seeking the ideal home in which to raise their daughter, Kennedy.

In the Dark by Brandon Massey