Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
"In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar--and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil. A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world."--
A librarian in her small hometown who feels like an outsider and, along with an old friend, must uncover the true evil behind mysterious deaths.
A vampiric figure from local myths, said to kill sinners on moonless nights, whose legend becomes intertwined with real-world events.
An old friend of Ruth's with a dark past who joins her in investigating the town's secrets.
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour tells the story of Ruth Cornier, a librarian in a small town. She investigates a skull found in the swamp. Local myths about a figure called the Low Man are central to the town's beliefs.