The Dazzling Darkness
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite International Book Award, 2014.
GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER, 2013.
A cemetery. A lost child. An ancient secret. Do you believe in ghosts? In Old Willow Cemetery, Elias Hatch protects the secret power buried inside his cemetery, and he knows five-year-old Henry Brooke has managed to get inside the locked gates. Who let him inside? Where is he now? Antonia Brooke and her husband Adam frantically search the woods and all of Concord to find their little boy. Not until Detective Mike Balducci discovers the crystal sculpture buried in Old Willow, not until he discovers the apparitions hiding within the woods, not until he discovers the dazzling faces inside the darkened air, does he find the clues to what happened to Henry Brooke in Concord, Massachusetts. This is a supernatural mystery about a family who confronts long-buried secrets of the dead. Do you believe in haunted cemeteries? Come into the dazzling darkness.

Midwest Book Review: "Paula Cappa is a master of the metaphysical mystery genre...an extraordinary and original storyteller of the first rank. Very highly recommended." 5-Stars

Satin Paperbacks: "A supernatural adventure ... steeped in fulsome imagination, twists and turns. Gripping and absorbing, this is worth your time."

GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER
5 STARS Outstanding Fiction "Dazzling sums up Paula Cappa's paranormal/supernatural novel ... an elegance and grace that seduces you."

BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite Book Award for Supernatural Fiction, 2014 "Beautiful and high standard writing style from start to finish ... a superb and classy supernatural novel." Readers' Favorite Reviews

"Fast-paced, sensually-vivid novel with an uncommon take on Transcendentalism ... characters alive with true-to-life dialogue and compelling descriptions ... suspenseful, heart-wrenching, and unique ... stunning conclusion ... this novel dazzles." Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson's Wife.

"The spirit of Dan Brown meets the darkest and most somber ruminations of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Smooth, highly descriptive prose, Cappa explores transcendence and eternity--sending a shiver down your spine all along the way." Jonathan Stone, author of The Cold Truth, and, Moving Day.

Laura's Ramblin and Reviews 5 STARS "Supernatural mystery/thriller laced with Gothic horror. It reads like a classic, reminding me of a vintage bottle of wine. ... bold, fresh, almost poetic writing, I can honestly say, I was beguiled."

Paula Cappa is the recipient of the Chanticleer Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, Readers' Favorite International Bronze Medal for supernatural suspense, and a Gothic Readers Book Club Award Winner.
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The Dazzling Darkness
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite International Book Award, 2014.
GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER, 2013.
A cemetery. A lost child. An ancient secret. Do you believe in ghosts? In Old Willow Cemetery, Elias Hatch protects the secret power buried inside his cemetery, and he knows five-year-old Henry Brooke has managed to get inside the locked gates. Who let him inside? Where is he now? Antonia Brooke and her husband Adam frantically search the woods and all of Concord to find their little boy. Not until Detective Mike Balducci discovers the crystal sculpture buried in Old Willow, not until he discovers the apparitions hiding within the woods, not until he discovers the dazzling faces inside the darkened air, does he find the clues to what happened to Henry Brooke in Concord, Massachusetts. This is a supernatural mystery about a family who confronts long-buried secrets of the dead. Do you believe in haunted cemeteries? Come into the dazzling darkness.

Midwest Book Review: "Paula Cappa is a master of the metaphysical mystery genre...an extraordinary and original storyteller of the first rank. Very highly recommended." 5-Stars

Satin Paperbacks: "A supernatural adventure ... steeped in fulsome imagination, twists and turns. Gripping and absorbing, this is worth your time."

GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER
5 STARS Outstanding Fiction "Dazzling sums up Paula Cappa's paranormal/supernatural novel ... an elegance and grace that seduces you."

BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite Book Award for Supernatural Fiction, 2014 "Beautiful and high standard writing style from start to finish ... a superb and classy supernatural novel." Readers' Favorite Reviews

"Fast-paced, sensually-vivid novel with an uncommon take on Transcendentalism ... characters alive with true-to-life dialogue and compelling descriptions ... suspenseful, heart-wrenching, and unique ... stunning conclusion ... this novel dazzles." Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson's Wife.

"The spirit of Dan Brown meets the darkest and most somber ruminations of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Smooth, highly descriptive prose, Cappa explores transcendence and eternity--sending a shiver down your spine all along the way." Jonathan Stone, author of The Cold Truth, and, Moving Day.

Laura's Ramblin and Reviews 5 STARS "Supernatural mystery/thriller laced with Gothic horror. It reads like a classic, reminding me of a vintage bottle of wine. ... bold, fresh, almost poetic writing, I can honestly say, I was beguiled."

Paula Cappa is the recipient of the Chanticleer Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, Readers' Favorite International Bronze Medal for supernatural suspense, and a Gothic Readers Book Club Award Winner.
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The Dazzling Darkness

The Dazzling Darkness

by Paula Cappa
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by Paula Cappa

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BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite International Book Award, 2014.
GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER, 2013.
A cemetery. A lost child. An ancient secret. Do you believe in ghosts? In Old Willow Cemetery, Elias Hatch protects the secret power buried inside his cemetery, and he knows five-year-old Henry Brooke has managed to get inside the locked gates. Who let him inside? Where is he now? Antonia Brooke and her husband Adam frantically search the woods and all of Concord to find their little boy. Not until Detective Mike Balducci discovers the crystal sculpture buried in Old Willow, not until he discovers the apparitions hiding within the woods, not until he discovers the dazzling faces inside the darkened air, does he find the clues to what happened to Henry Brooke in Concord, Massachusetts. This is a supernatural mystery about a family who confronts long-buried secrets of the dead. Do you believe in haunted cemeteries? Come into the dazzling darkness.

Midwest Book Review: "Paula Cappa is a master of the metaphysical mystery genre...an extraordinary and original storyteller of the first rank. Very highly recommended." 5-Stars

Satin Paperbacks: "A supernatural adventure ... steeped in fulsome imagination, twists and turns. Gripping and absorbing, this is worth your time."

GOTHIC READERS BOOK CLUB CHOICE AWARD WINNER
5 STARS Outstanding Fiction "Dazzling sums up Paula Cappa's paranormal/supernatural novel ... an elegance and grace that seduces you."

BRONZE MEDAL WINNER, Readers' Favorite Book Award for Supernatural Fiction, 2014 "Beautiful and high standard writing style from start to finish ... a superb and classy supernatural novel." Readers' Favorite Reviews

"Fast-paced, sensually-vivid novel with an uncommon take on Transcendentalism ... characters alive with true-to-life dialogue and compelling descriptions ... suspenseful, heart-wrenching, and unique ... stunning conclusion ... this novel dazzles." Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson's Wife.

"The spirit of Dan Brown meets the darkest and most somber ruminations of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Smooth, highly descriptive prose, Cappa explores transcendence and eternity--sending a shiver down your spine all along the way." Jonathan Stone, author of The Cold Truth, and, Moving Day.

Laura's Ramblin and Reviews 5 STARS "Supernatural mystery/thriller laced with Gothic horror. It reads like a classic, reminding me of a vintage bottle of wine. ... bold, fresh, almost poetic writing, I can honestly say, I was beguiled."

Paula Cappa is the recipient of the Chanticleer Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, Readers' Favorite International Bronze Medal for supernatural suspense, and a Gothic Readers Book Club Award Winner.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940148516309
Publisher: Paula Cappa
Publication date: 07/27/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 285
File size: 731 KB

About the Author

Paula Cappa is an award-winning author. Her novels include Greylock, Night Sea Journey, A Tale of the Supernatural, and The Dazzling Darkness (Gothic Readers Book Club Award Winner for Outstanding Fiction, and, Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal Award), published by Crispin Books. Her short fiction has appeared in Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine, Whistling Shade Literary Journal, SmokeLong Quarterly, Sirens Call Ezine, Every Day Fiction, Fiction365, Twilight Times Ezine, and in anthologies Journals of Horror: Found Fiction, Mystery Time, and Human Writes Literary Journal. Cappa’s writing career began as a freelance journalist for newspapers in New York and Connecticut. She is a freelance copy editor and writes a weekly blog, Reading Fiction, Tales of Terror at paulacappa.wordpress.com/.
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