Midnight on Beacon Street

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller–and love letter to vintage horror movies–in which a teenager must overcome her own anxiety to protect the two children she’s babysitting when strangers come knocking at the door. October 1993. One night. One house. One dead body. When single mom Eleanor Mazinski goes out a for a much-needed date night,she leaves her two young children–sweetinnocent six-year-old Ben and precociousdefiant twelve-year-old Mira–in the capable hands of their sitterAmy. The quiet seventeen-year-old is good at looking after childrendespite her anxiety disorder. She also loves moviesespecially horror flicks. Amy likes their predictability; it calms the panic that threatens to overwhelm her. The evening starts out normally enoughwith gamespizzaand dancing. But as darkness fallsevents in this quaint suburban New Jersey house take a terrifying turn–unexpected visitors at the doormysterious phone callsand by midnightlittle Ben is in the kitchen standing in a pool of bloodwith a dead body at his feet. In this dazzling debut novelEmily Ruth Verona moves back and forth in timeratcheting up suspense and tension on every page. Chock-full of nods to classic horror films of the seventies and eightiesMidnight on Beacon Street is a gripping thriller full of electrifying twists and a heartwarming tale of fear and devotion that explores our terrors and the lengths we’ll go to keep our loved ones safe.