Twenty years of secrets. One deadly truth. When Ruby Carlson was eighteen, she ran away from her home in Stoneybrook, Montana, and vowed she'd never return. Never return to life under the control of her manipulative mother, Ida, a self-styled medium and psychic scammer who made a career out of ruining people's lives. Never return to the small town where enemies lurk at every turn. But now, twenty years later, Ruby is back. Her mother is missing, presumed dead, and Ruby reluctantly returns to a home filled with chilling memories to settle Ida's affairs. Did she really commit suicide by drowning, or is this another dark scheme? Ruby thought she knew everything about her mother, but finds herself unraveling a web of lies and secrets to reveal a story more twisted than anyone could have imagined . . .


Twenty years of secrets. One deadly truth.


When Ruby Carlson was eighteen, she ran away from her home in Stoneybrook, Montana, and vowed she'd never return. Never return to life under the control of her manipulative mother, Ida, a self-styled medium and psychic scammer who made a career out of ruining people's lives. Never return to the small town where enemies lurk at every turn.
But now, twenty years later, Ruby is back. Her mother is missing, presumed dead, and Ruby reluctantly returns to a home filled with chilling memories to settle Ida's affairs. Did she really commit suicide by drowning, or is this another dark scheme? Ruby thought she knew everything about her mother, but finds herself unraveling a web of lies and secrets to reveal a story more twisted than anyone could have imagined . . .

PRAISE FOR THE NIGHT SIDE

"A vividly atmospheric and frightening thriller" CAROLE JOHNSTONE, bestselling author of Mirrorland

"A spine-tingling read that will haunt you long afterward"
The Big Thrill


"Genre fans will relish the head-spinning twists and white-knuckle suspense in this compelling, suspenseful, gothic-style mystery"
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A spine-tingling psychological thriller bursting with gasp-worthy revelations. When her mother goes missing, a woman returns to her childhood home after twenty years. But is she walking into a trap?


Ruby had to get away. Get away from her mother - a phoney medium and psychic scammer. Get away from her lies, her manipulation, her twisted desire to ruin people's lives. So, at eighteen, Ruby left her home in Stoneybroo