{"product_id":"the-quiet-place-below-steve-l-pardue-9798198052888","title":"The Quiet Place Below: A Dark Psychological Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome people survive the past. Others bring it home with them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years after losing the boy he loved to a brutal conversion therapy camp in rural Texas, Lucas Thorn arrives at Purdue University desperate for one thing: a fresh start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo questions.\u003cbr\u003eNo memories.\u003cbr\u003eNo Leo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Cooper Benton answers his roommate's listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper is charming, attentive, and impossible to ignore. Living together feels easy at first - almost safe. Until Lucas notices things inside the apartment beginning to shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppointments disappear from his calendar.\u003cbr\u003ePersonal belongings move when he isn't looking.\u003cbr\u003eMessages arrive in the middle of the night, signed with the name Lucas fears most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs paranoia consumes him, Lucas becomes convinced someone knows the truth about what happened in Texas. But the closer he gets to the answers, the more dangerous Cooper becomes - and the more Lucas realizes the past never stayed buried at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quiet Place Below is a dark psychological thriller filled with emotional suspense, trauma, obsession, manipulation, and devastating twists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eslow-burn psychological suspense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edark academia thrillers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunreliable relationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eemotionally intense LGBTQ+ thrillers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edomestic suspense with shocking twists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of dark academia suspense, emotional psychological thrillers, and slow-burn LGBTQ+ suspense novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve L. Pardue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198052888\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\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Steve L. Pardue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173417033983,"sku":"9798198052888","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quiet-place-below-steve-l-pardue-9798198052888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}