An excellent start to this series of thrillers featuring Lucy Hush. The tension builds slowly as Lucy and Damon search out the evil festering at the heart of the little town. This is a very chilling mystery with some sinister characters. But she’s determined not to leave without finding out what happened to Tim and digs in with Damon to investigate. People in the run down town are not very friendly and Lucy can feel that something is very wrong with the town or the wealthy man who owns most of it. In night town Lucy meets up with Damon, also searching for a missing young man. Except this year he didn’t show up, despite texting her from Night Town three days before that he was on his way. But no matter where he was, he always made his way home for Lucy’s birthday so they could be together on that day. He’d become a bit of a loner, struggling since the death of their parents twelve years ago on Lucy’s twenty first birthday. She’s looking for her younger brother Tim. Lucy Hush is in Night Town, a small town near Busselton in Western Australia. The full list of her books, in order of publication, is as follows:Īll of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and, as this one shall soon be, available in paperback.

If you like books with a strong female lead that keep you on the edge of your seat, you’ve found your next favourite read.Īnna Willett is the author of several suspense thrillers that focus on women trying to overcome difficult and dangerous situations. What connects her missing brother to this grim boondock? And why do the townsfolk want rid of Lucy?Īs the story unfolds we are immersed in a creepy, claustrophobic drama in which everything is at stake.

The town has secrets and they seem to centre on the enigmatic Samuel Nightmesser, its wealthy benefactor. Yet he is not quite who he says he is.Īs the locals begin to resent her presence in the town, danger quickly mounts. She befriends a man who might help her cause. Lucy tries to enlist the help of the local police, but she is met with hostility. It’s a rural backwater deep in the forests of south western Australia.

When she sets out to find him, the trail takes her to Night Town. A young drifter is in deep trouble, his sister is his only hope.

Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett