{"product_id":"ashley-scott-p-hicks-9798255931033","title":"Ashley: A Supernatural Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA child has been missing for forty years. She is still asking for help.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Blackwood Falls, some doors do not open. They remember.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaxon Thorne thought his life had already collapsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisgraced, isolated, and hiding in a crooked old house at the edge of Blackwood Falls, he has spent years avoiding the work that destroyed his name. Then one night, something steps out of the wall in his study, and his dog, Barnaby, knows it before Jaxon does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same night, photographer Lena Vance crashes on the road below his house after seeing a figure in her camera, then in her car, then in her mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy morning, the town's strange rules start closing in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLights stay on in daylight.\u003cbr\u003eMirrors get covered.\u003cbr\u003eNo one answers a dead phone.\u003cbr\u003eAnd everyone knows better than to follow a child's voice into the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name at the center of it all is Ashley Serrano, a ten-year-old girl who vanished in 1985 near a restricted site outside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshley was never laid to rest.\u003cbr\u003eShe was left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Jaxon and Lena are running out of time. Every attempt to reach Ashley sharpens something else lurking behind her, something that learns voices, studies fear, and crosses thresholds when the wrong person looks too long. As Blackwood Falls begins to buckle under the weight of what was buried, the only way to save Ashley may be to reopen the breach that took her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut rescue has a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo bring one child home, they may have to risk the entire town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eASHLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is a chilling supernatural thriller about grief, memory, and the monsters that wait for someone to answer back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA missing child whose voice still travels through dead lines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunted town built on rules nobody says out loud\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA disgraced researcher forced back into the nightmare that ruined him\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA relentless photographer who refuses to look away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA loyal dog who senses the danger before any human can\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA decades-old experiment that turned one loss into a spreading horror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA final rescue attempt where saving one life could destroy many more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott P. Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255931033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.39d","brand":"Scott P. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659950567679,"sku":"9798255931033","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ashley-scott-p-hicks-9798255931033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}