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The Darkness Surrounds Us
- Author
- Gail Lukasik
- Narrator
- Rachel L. Jacobs
- Publisher
- Marble Press
- Publish Date
- 1 July 2025
- Run Time
- 12 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A Ghostly Window Into The Past
Nurse Nellie Lester thinks she can escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit manor on a desolate Michigan island. She’s convinced the island holds the secret to her family’s murky past.
Soon after her arrival, the frozen body of the prior nurse is unearthed. Haunted nightly by a ghostly presence, Nellie is convinced the nurse’s murder and her father’s fate are connected and dives into the mystery.
As winter closes in, the past and present seem to converge as a vengeful killer emerges. Will Nellie survive the killer’s final act of revenge against her family?
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Details
- Author
- Gail Lukasik
- Narrator
- Rachel L. Jacobs
- Duration
- 12 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228573604
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Marble Press
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
A Ghostly Window Into The Past Nurse Nellie Lester thinks she can escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit manor on a desolate Michigan island. She’s convinced the island holds the secret to her family’s murky past.Soon after her arrival, the frozen body of the prior nurse is unearthed. Haunted nightly by a ghostly presence, Nellie is convinced the nurse’s murder and her father’s fate are connected and dives into the mystery.As winter closes in, the past and present seem to converge as a vengeful killer emerges. Will Nellie survive the killer’s final act of revenge against her family?
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