J L Hickey

It Was Born in the Darkness of the Wood J L Hickey

Haylee is a survivor. But the horrors she's been through with the death of her sister and fiancé is nothing compared to what may lurk around the corner.

Two years after the grisly murders, Haylee finds herself a prisoner in her own home, suffering from PTSD, self-medicating to escape the pain, she lives a lonely, suffering life. She has little to live for, but her friendship with her neighbor Aaron, and her furry companion a Great Dane named Trayer, help keep her sane.

Yet, when murder strikes her former neighbors (one house down from her former home, the murder house) her and Aaron begin a social media hunt and internet rabbit hole search of half-truths and suspicion. One thing is for certain, the murderers of her former neighbors bear some striking similarities to her own past. Is there a copycat killer on the loose? Or, is something more sinister going on in the cozy northern Michigan town?