When darkness comes

A gramophone, which by itself drowns out the chilling silence of empty rooms. Almara, from which a ghost emerges at night, repeating eerie sounds. A chandelier that shines when it wants to. Bells that ring as if they want to say something and the ever-present danger. That's Baneberry Hall. Maggie Holt doesn't believe in such things, even though they made her family famous and rich. Twenty-five years ago, he and his parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a sprawling Victorian mansion hidden in the dark depths of the Vermont woods. But they lasted only twenty days. Then, in the middle of the night, they fled. Ewan has turned these most terrifying twenty days of their lives into a bestselling book, describing the nightmares that came to life in the dark corridors of the mansion and nearly took their lives. The story full of ghosts and sinister shadows has become a worldwide phenomenon. Maggie has lived her life in the shadow of this book, which she not only doesn't believe, she hates. After his father's death, he follows the trail of this "true story". She returns to Baneberry Hall and the pages of Ewan's book begin to change into a possible reality before her eyes, and a terrifying realization hits her - what if the story is much truer than she thought? Stories and characters from the estate's past lurk in the shadows around every corner. It is a house full of memories of a past marked by dark deeds. The house that remembers.... When Darkness Comes is a gripping, horror-soaked gothic thriller in which Maggie attempts to uncover her family's long-buried secrets and close a chapter of her life forever. The question is whether the truth isn't actually far more frightening than any phantoms. They said about the title "Sager's novel is full of expected suspense with horror elements, literary surprises, and more than one twist, but its best moments are the quiet ones that explore the history of the house." - USA Today "A gripping thriller. It contains some really scary scenes. Maggie will soon find out what we already know: Real life is scarier than ghost stories." - Washington Post "Sager is a master of twists and surprises, and he doesn't hold back in his fourth book. As with any good thriller, you have to read to the last page, to find out, who did what to whom and why." - Rolling Stone "The king of thrillers, Sager, returns with a thrilling tale, that gives you the creeps, about a woman, who returns to her childhood home - and to the place, where a real horror event took place." - Newsweek