
When Shadows Burn
Todd Brown(Author)
Koehler Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Hardback
312 pages
979-8-88824-875-1 (ISBN)
Description
BookLife Reviews/Publishers Weekly calls When Shadows Burn a "haunting debut" and "classic Southern Gothic with modern twists," with A-to-A production grades across cover, design, editing, and copy.
"Twin Peaks meets Shirley Jackson." -Jennifer Wright, bestselling author and former political editor-at-large for Harper's Bazaar
Some houses whisper. This one screams.
In the heart of Raven's Cross, Virginia, the decaying Scott house looms. Its broken-window eyes watch a town desperate to forget. When Roxy, a teenage girl, vanishes into a sweltering night, long-buried fears erupt, and suspicion turns savage. The townspeople turn on the newcomers, blaming them for what they refuse to face in themselves. As polite smiles crack and old grudges resurface, Raven's Cross's genteel mask begins to slip, revealing the rot beneath.
Timothy Michaels came to town chasing a story. A true crime podcaster investigating the haunted legacy of the Scott house, he never expected to be pulled into something so immediate-and so dangerous. Alongside unexpected allies, Tim begins to unearth a legacy of complicity and cruelty-one the town would kill to keep buried. Because, in Raven's Cross, the shadows don't just linger. They burn.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
659 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-88824-875-1 (9798888248751)
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Person
Todd Brown is a computational sociologist and an overanalyzer of human behavior. He has spoken at the CDC, NIH, Harvard, and more. His work has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, National Geographic, Forbes, USA Today, and other outlets. When Shadows Burn is his debut novel. Todd lives in a small Virginia town with his incredible wife and two sons-one is a trans teen with main-character energy, and the other lives in Florida and looks like Chris Hemsworth. They are all delightfully neurodivergent.