After Dark: A Thriller

Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years, accused of murdering her mother's lover. She receives an unexpected financial windfall and sets a secret plan in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic husband, but her past catches up with her, and her second chance becomes a nightmare.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 287 pages
Publication date: 14 November 2023
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years, accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. Living with her grandmother, working a hotel night shift, and relying on pills to get a day's sleep, Afton is due a little luck. It comes in the form of an unexpected financial windfall, which she sets in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic husband. However, the best intentions soon spin out of control, and Afton is getting unsettling calls from a restricted number and someone has been lingering outside her home. As Sydney's troubled marriage comes into focus, so does Afton's past, which is not what she dreamed of. Her second chance for herself and Sydney is becoming a nightmare.

Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years, accused of murdering her mother's lover in a blackout fit of rage. Living with her grandmother, working a hotel night shift, and relying on pills to get a day's sleep, Afton is due a little luck. It comes in the form of an unexpected financial windfall, which she sets in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic husband. However, the best intentions soon spin out of control, and Afton is getting unsettling calls from a restricted number and someone has been lingering outside her home. As Sydney's troubled marriage comes into focus, so does Afton's past, which is not what she dreamed of. Her second chance for herself and Sydney is becoming a nightmare.

Weight: 294g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781662511424