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Dark Across the Bay Paperback – December 6, 2021

by Ania Ahlborn (Author), Josh Malerman (Introduction)

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In the vein of John MacDonald’s Cape Fear, Ahlborn takes the classic stalker tale and updates it for the modern era.

The house sits stoic and slightly askew off the coast of Raven’s Head. Its off-kilter windows are both charming and disorienting, its walls of overstuffed bookshelves both comforting and claustrophobic. When Leo and Lark Parrish arrive at their vacation home with their parents, their mother’s idea of a quintessential Maine getaway seems like both a blessing and a curse. Lark—a novice novelist—can’t wait to find inspiration at the end of a fog-entombed pier. She’ll forgive her mother for forcing her into this non-negotiable holiday, but only if she can find her muse among a lapping, rocky shore. And while being trapped in a house with no means of escape is the last thing Leo would consider a good time—especially with parents on the precipice of divorce—he can’t help but wonder if maybe the change of scenery will help him shake off the chains of sadness brought on by the death of his closest friend.

But what starts off as a relatively benign family trip quickly turns menacing. Leo finds himself face-to-face with what feels like his best friend reaching out from beyond the grave, and only hours after they arrive, Lark begins to receive sinister texts. And then they both see it: someone lurking in the shadows of their rental home. Someone who has been expecting them despite the Parrishes being a thousand miles from home.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09MYVVRNF
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (December 6, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8759270805
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.65 x 9 inches

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Born in Ciechanow Poland, Ania has always been drawn to the darker, mysterious, and sometimes morbid sides of life. Her earliest childhood memory is of crawling through a hole in the chain link fence that separated her family home from the large wooded cemetery next door. She'd spend hours among the headstones, breaking up bouquets of silk flowers so that everyone had their equal share.

Beyond writing, Ania enjoys cooking, baking, movies, and traveling.

Learn more about Ania on her site, www.AniaAhlborn.com.

Want to connect? Follow Ania on Twitter @aniaahlborn, or find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aniaahlborn.

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Ski Bear

Very Good!

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2023

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The only reason I didn’t give “Dark” five stars was the narration. He was good for the male characters but a female voice is really better for the females. That said, the narrator wasn’t horrible! This one is different for Miss Ania Ahlborn, The author of three of my favorite books: “The Bird Eater” being one of my all time favorite and top three favorite books period accompanied with “House Of Leaves” and “The shinning/Dr Sleep”, that is seriously near “Demigod” status! “Nearly” the operative word! I want to not spoil anything for those who are going to read this very tense psychological thriller, a savage one at times! This is closer to the other Ahlborn stories I enjoy so much, but it’s not over the top! The savagery is necessary and only enough to make the point and provide the shock and terror! Nothing like Jack Ketchum, Killborn/Konrath or Bentley Litter or Cutter! This is definitely a taunt high tension story, especially with a 15-16 year old sparkling beautiful Lark, the innocent adolescent girl and her big brother Josh who is just existing High School and Larks hero. Mom and dad have some issues thus a trip to the island, isolated and free of distractions so they can come together as a family. The healing mom and dad; Poppy and Ezra, we’re hoping for is quickly dashed; completely sabotaged by outside forces or influences the moment they arrive as things become most “Dark Across The Bay”! An excellent story I will soon read again, or listen to, I use whisper-sync so I do both! Enjoy!!

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Amanda

Sad not scary

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023

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I enjoyed reading this, but I was under the impression it would be spooky, when in reality it was very sad, and sometimes I had to take a break from it. All in all, it's a good storyline as always, though.

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Annabel lee

The first half 5 stars, the second half 2

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022

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Dark across the bay – But it started off so well…
I feel like I start a lot of my reviews this way lately, But I was so here for this book. I loved the premise it was deliciously creepy. We all love to rent vacation homes, or at least I do. Thinking about one by itself on an island in Maine in fall was very tantalizing. I found myself drawn in quickly to the story about a family who was renting this island house. I loved at first, reading about each member of the family it’s set up the mystery nicely. Again, at first. BUT THEN, MY GOD, the amount of self talk that went on and on was probably the most I have ever read in a book. I am talking more than Joe Goldberg here. Like on a level that the characters pretty much only thought things in their mind repetitively and barely ever spoke anything to advance the story in anyway. Infuriating.
Now the whole plot device of telling a story, the same story, through multiple characters can work out really well, unfortunately for this book it did not. All it did was have the characters repeat themselves over and over. I almost feel like the author needed to make the book bigger so she constantly was having each character do self talk about the same situation over and over. For some reason it just did not work at all. Ok, I finally get a scene where something was explained, like for example the mom would scream and the next person would run in and we would find out why the mom screamed, then it would start back all over with a new character when she heard the scream outside and then what she thought about the scream, who might be screaming and why they were screaming and her thoughts walking into the house about the scream, when we already know who screamed and why but we then had to go back over it with each character it was just maddening. Also, I figured out what was going on very quickly so that might have also had something to do with it. The second half of the book I found myself skimming pages just for some plot advancement. The characters just kept self talking all the way up to the end. The last two pages they actually did some thing but by then I was just so frustrated I no longer cared. This book could have really been some thing, in fact in the middle of the book I left a midpoint review stating how and wrapped I was in the story and was so happy to be reading it. Big miss for me.

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Olivia Lauren

loved the way the various plots webbed together for an explosive ending

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023

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This book was tricky to get into at first but picks up quickly. I flew through this one in about 2 days. A tad predictable as I guessed the last couple of twists after the first one was revealed. The ending was quite the finale with a heart breaking, symbolic, and triumphant finish. Over-all it was really entertaining and o would definitely recommend to anybody into domestic/psychological thrillers

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Her best story to date!

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2022

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I've read pretty much everything out there this author has published & "Dark Across the Bay" is certainly her best offering so far!

Ania Ahlborn has mastered the horrifying, thrilling tale of one truly dysfunctional family each with their own baggage on the verge of shattering apart with two extremely creepy, mysterious if not menacing characters that seemingly have no relationship with the family but somehow show up when the family makes a last ditch effort to save their relationships by booking a vacation at the only house on an island off the Maine coast. This book starts out with a shocking discovery by the house's owners and continues in the same breathless terrifying vein as each characters story unfolds.

I loved that I had no idea what was really going on....not until the authors final reveal. I could not get through the author's words fast enough trying to figure where Ahlborn was leading me next! Trust me when I tell you this book will keep you guessing, excited, stunned and finally horrified by the ending!

I think Ania Ahlborn's work rates right up there with the best horror/thriller writers today and "Dark Across the Bay" is the proof! Read it and see if you don't agree!

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023

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I want to start off writing this review with it took me a month to read this. It never takes me a month to read a GOOD book. It was very hard to get through the first half of this book, it was very boring. The second half was all right and it had a good plot twist at the end, but the first half was so boring. I did like the way she wrote in each characters POV, and the ending was pretty good. Read the second half in one sitting.

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Jesse Pirollo

Had me scared from the start

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023

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Not to many books give me and eerie feeling but this one did. It had me going from the very start and even after you figure out what's happening it still surprises you!

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Good read

Reviewed in Canada on May 13, 2023

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Want to lose yourself for half a day?
Need a break from reality, and it's endlessly meaningless tasks.
Read this book.

Victoria

Great and wonderfully messed up thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2022

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Really enjoyed this fast paced read from one of my favourite authors. Creepy and a little chilling at the start, which was great and then gory and full of all sorts of vengeance being meted out.

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PunkersTV

Black Magic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2021

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Over the holidays I was afflicted with a nasty back injury which left me pretty much unable to move. I was in a lot of pain and not sleeping so you could say I was pretty damned miserable. I bought the latest from Ania Ahlborn as soon as I realised it was available having thoroughly enjoyed her previous work.
Within 30 pages the magic happened as it always does with a rattling good read. I fell into the story and was lost. I only submerged about 3 hours later and 150 pages in for refreshment. I was frankly astonished to realise that I hadn't given my grating back pain a second thought in all that time!! Now if that's not black magic I don't know what is.
So I'm writing this review more to thank the author than to give an appraise of the novel.
Just buy it. I promise you won't be disappointed.

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I Really Wanted To Like This

Reviewed in Australia on December 18, 2022

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The story had promise, but the author's frequent habit of using brand names, celebrities, or other author's books instead of writing her own description of an object, a scene or a person started to get irritating. This was especially so when I had no idea what (product/celebrity/or book) she was talking about.

melanie

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2022

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I am a big Ania Ahlborn fan, but this is, without a doubt, her best work. Brilliant. Edge of your seat kinda stuff.

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