After dark, danger lurks in the ravine. It’s summer, 1950. The bodies of handsome young men are discovered near an elaborate movie set in the hills northeast of Los Angeles. Each is a gruesome tableau of shocking violence. New to the big city, Robert is a reporter who needs to prove himself. Catalina is a beautiful healer, determined to keep her secrets. A chance encounter connects them to the cases, confounding police and commanding headlines. The results are as unexpected as they are horrific. But when a ghost appears, frightening the residents in the semi-rural neighborhoods where evictions loom, the dark mystery deepens and threatens them all. The truth is only one story away. If it’s not buried first.
Author
Debra Castaneda is an award-winning horror and dark fiction author based on the central coast of California. Her works include "The Devil’s Shallows," "The Root Witch", and "The Copper Man," which comprise the Dark Earth Rising series of standalone novels, and "The Monsters of Chavez Ravine," an International Latino Book Awards gold medal winner. Debra loves writing character-driven stories about people who experience scary things, and how they react when confronted with the unexpected. She’s committed to representing Latinas and Latinos in her books. For inspiration, she draws from her experience as a TV and radio journalist, and as a third-generation Mexican American. Over the years, she’s lived in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay area. Debra now lives in Capitola, California with her husband. She enjoys rediscovering the Mexican dishes of her childhood and texting her two daughters about her latest binge-watch. ~Subscribe to her newsletter for the occasional giveaway and the latest news at www.debracastaneda.com; ~Stay in touch with her at: @castanedawrites on Facebook & @castanedawrites on Instagram .
