“Something in the Dark” a new mystery-thriller novel by Oregon author P.J. Cowan takes readers on a journey that builds as slowly as drifting snow, accelerates like a rushing river, and ends with a revelation as unexpected as summer lightning.
Based in fictional Ilaloona County, Oregon, "Something in the Dark" tells the story of Austin Ward, a woman dealing with achluophobia, a paralyzing fear of darkness. Austin believes she's coping well with her phobia, the result of a traumatic childhood incident, until she finds herself locked in a windowless room, and someone turns out the lights.
Austin finds a therapist to help her overcome her fears and the debilitating anxiety attacks they produce. But her search for healing is sidetracked when those around her begin to die in shockingly brutal ways.
With her once safe world crumbling around her, Austin is driven to discover the killer. But who is it? Is someone seeking revenge? Has a serial killer come to her small Pacific Northwest town? Or, has something sinister followed her from childhood, something she met once before...in the dark?
“The story takes a normal, hard working woman, and using something from her past, rips her out of her comfortable life,” says Cowan. Through Austin we explore our own fears, real or imagined, and come to see the strength of our resilience.”
Intended to appeal to fans of mystery and psychological thrillers, the story focuses on the character’s relationships with each other, and on the mystery of why the innocent are being murdered.
“Something in the Dark” is available online at Amazon..com or at Smashwords.com
P.J. Cowan writes mystery and suspense thrillers. Her short fiction has been published in various magazines and read on radio. She has worked as an audio producer, a magazine editor, and in the probation and parole side of criminal justice.
She lives with her patient husband in Oregon, and can usually be found in front of a computer or a book, usually with a dog or two in the vicinity. She is currently working on her fourth novel, “Cold Kill,” also set in fictional Ilaloona County, in the magnificent Oregon Cascades.
P.J. Cowan is the pseudonym of writer Pam Bainbridge-Cowan
Website Url: pjcowanauthor.com
Based in fictional Ilaloona County, Oregon, "Something in the Dark" tells the story of Austin Ward, a woman dealing with achluophobia, a paralyzing fear of darkness. Austin believes she's coping well with her phobia, the result of a traumatic childhood incident, until she finds herself locked in a windowless room, and someone turns out the lights.
Austin finds a therapist to help her overcome her fears and the debilitating anxiety attacks they produce. But her search for healing is sidetracked when those around her begin to die in shockingly brutal ways.
With her once safe world crumbling around her, Austin is driven to discover the killer. But who is it? Is someone seeking revenge? Has a serial killer come to her small Pacific Northwest town? Or, has something sinister followed her from childhood, something she met once before...in the dark?
“The story takes a normal, hard working woman, and using something from her past, rips her out of her comfortable life,” says Cowan. Through Austin we explore our own fears, real or imagined, and come to see the strength of our resilience.”
Intended to appeal to fans of mystery and psychological thrillers, the story focuses on the character’s relationships with each other, and on the mystery of why the innocent are being murdered.
“Something in the Dark” is available online at Amazon..com or at Smashwords.com
P.J. Cowan writes mystery and suspense thrillers. Her short fiction has been published in various magazines and read on radio. She has worked as an audio producer, a magazine editor, and in the probation and parole side of criminal justice.
She lives with her patient husband in Oregon, and can usually be found in front of a computer or a book, usually with a dog or two in the vicinity. She is currently working on her fourth novel, “Cold Kill,” also set in fictional Ilaloona County, in the magnificent Oregon Cascades.
P.J. Cowan is the pseudonym of writer Pam Bainbridge-Cowan
Website Url: pjcowanauthor.com
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