Publisher's Synopsis
FIRST IN A NEW TRILOGYFrom Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker localepopulated by more strangers than friends. But then, thats how the locals prefer itWelcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. Its a pretty standard dried-up western town.Theres a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). Theres a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And theres new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks hes found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...
