Dark Across the Bay, Ania Ahlborn
Dark Across the Bay, Ania Ahlborn
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Dark Across the Bay

Author: Ania Ahlborn

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Family Life


Synopsis

In the vein of John MacDonald's Cape Fear, Ahlborn takes the classic stalker tale and updates it for the modern era.

The house sits stoic and slightly askew off the coast of Raven's Head. Its off-kilter windows are both charming and disorienting, its walls of overstuffed bookshelves both comforting and claustrophobic. When Leo and Lark Parrish arrive at their vacation home with their parents, their mother's idea of a quintessential Maine getaway seems like both a blessing and a curse. Lark—a novice novelist—can't wait to find inspiration at the end of a fog-entombed pier. And while being trapped in a house with no means of escape is the last thing Leo would consider a good time—especially with parents on the precipice of divorce—he can't help but wonder if maybe the change of scenery will help him shake off the chains of sadness brought on by the death of his closest friend.

But what starts off as a relatively benign family trip quickly turns menacing. Leo finds himself face-to-face with what feels like his best friend reaching out from beyond the grave, and only hours after they arrive, Lark begins to receive sinister texts. And then they both see it: someone lurking in the shadows of their rental home. Someone who has been expecting them despite the Parrishes being a thousand miles from home.

About Ania Ahlborn

Ania Ahlborn is the bestselling author of the horror thrillers Brother, Within These Walls, The Bird Eater, The Shuddering, The Neighbors, and Seed, as well as the novella The Pretty Ones. Born in Ciechanow, Poland, she lives in South Carolina with her husband and their dog.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on February 03, 2022

Poppy notices an Air B&B on Facebook that looks perfect for a weekend getaway. It is her last chance to save her marriage and reform a bond with her kids, Lark and Leo. Leo's best friend laid in a coma for months before dying. While Lark has turned emo and sullen. The house sits alone on an isolated......more

Goodreads review by Peter on March 15, 2022

Polly tries to strengthen her family relationship (husband, two children) by booking a remote cabin on an island near Maine (Polly loves Stephen King books). You hear a lot about the well drawn characters Leo (son), Lark (daughter), Ezra (husband) and Polly herself. Lark seems to have a social life......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on December 15, 2021

Dark Across the Bay reminds me of Ahlborn's The Shuddering because they both possessed: 1) Outstanding writing 2) Plots that kept me reading late into the night 3) Exciting and unpredictable villains 4) Protagonists so painfully annoying that I could NEVER root for them I like flawed characters, but the......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on January 21, 2022

Read this in about 3 hours!! Dark Across The Bay is exactly the kind of thriller I’d expect from Ania Ahlborn; bloody, twisty, and dark as hell. My one caveat is that now I’m kinda depressed after that ending 😅 It’s definitely not as bleak as some of Anias other endings, but it still hit me a little......more

Goodreads review by Janelle Janson on September 28, 2021

Ania Ahlborn is one of my favorite authors, so I am honored to review her latest creation, DARK ACROSS THE BAY. It’s only available through Earthling Publications as a deluxe hardcover, but it is worth every bit of the $50 price tag. Josh Malerman writes the introduction and he starts off with a gra......more