The Widow of Pale Harbor

Maine, 1846. Gabriel Stone is a minister who has lost his wife and cannot shake the ghosts that follow him in Massachusetts. He takes a post in Pale Harbor, a remote village, hoping to leave them behind.

The town is not as quiet as it looks. Strange and unsettling incidents have been occurring, and the villagers agree on who is behind them: Sophronia Carver, a reclusive widow who lives with her spinster maid in the eerie Castle Carver. They call her a witch and are almost certain she killed her husband.

As the incidents grow worse, it becomes clear that a disturbed person is at work, someone inspired by the hugely popular stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Gabriel sets out to find the culprit before Pale Harbor suffers a fate drawn from Poe's darkest tales.

This is a gothic mystery with a witchcraft accusation at its centre, a small community turning on one woman, and a grieving newcomer caught between suspicion and the search for answers. The mood is eerie and ominous, and the tension climbs as the incidents escalate.