{"product_id":"the-darkness-rising-david-stuart-davies-9798649021326","title":"The Darkness Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Darkness Rising is fast, creepy, gruesome, working up from shock to shock till the last line.' Kim Newman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne year after the death of her husband, Kate Barlow is desperate to move on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe can still feel Michael permeating her reality, calling out to her from the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a voice on the wind, or perhaps the phantom presence of a man who does not wish to stay dead. Her memories of him threaten her relationship with David, a writer who wishes to help her overcome her guilt and the strange lingering desire for her husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Michael haunts more than just his beloved wife. Their son, Timothy, has a connection to his father that binds them together in both life and death. Robert Moore, a friend of Michael's and a co-worker of David's, experiences night terrors of a grotesque corpse rising from the dead to exact vengeance upon those who wronged him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a medium shows up at Kate's door, bearing a message from beyond the grave. Michael will not rest until he has her - and she is given the chance to speak to him one last time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Kate struggles to escape her past, the spirit of Michael grows more determined to possess her future. His dark passion for her, the love of his life and death, is all consuming. He will stop at nothing to return and fulfil the promise he made: that he would never let her go - that he would come back for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor \u003cb\u003eDavid Stuart Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is also a film historian and expert on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. He is a member of the national committee of the Crime Writers' Association and has edited Red Herrings, their monthly publication, since 1999. His other titles include the Johnny Hawke thriller \u003ci\u003eSpiral of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for David Stuart Davies: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dark but very compelling. David Stuart Davies knows how to write and how to twist the knife inside the reader's mind.' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A neatly crafted crime novel offering an unusual perspective on London, by turns dark and poignant.' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A strong story immaculately told. What a rare pleasure it is to discover a book that you can truly call a thriller. Wartime London is beautifully evoked in a plot as crafty as the black market.' \u003cb\u003ePeter Lovesey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wartime London makes a great setting for crime fiction and Davies uses it shrewdly. Johnny Hawke is a keeper.' \u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Thrills, delights, and scares in equal measure - and with witty and elegant style.' \u003cb\u003eMatthew Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Stuart Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798649021326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.42d\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Stuart Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066561704191,"sku":"9798649021326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f79275e3-93c4-4da3-8e12-d5077be50594.jpg?v=1768679121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-darkness-rising-david-stuart-davies-9798649021326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}