The Sound of the Dark by Daniel Church (Paperback)

A chilling horror novel from Daniel Church. Be careful what you listen to.

In 1983, experimental artist Tony Mathias began work on a new installation — a collage of visuals and sounds gathered at an abandoned RAF base called Warden Fell. Stories and rumours had long swirled around the place, but Tony cared only for the echoes of history. Then, soon after visiting the site to tape-record the sounds there, he returned to the caravan where he was staying with his family and killed his wife, his two children, and finally himself. Just another dark twist in Warden Fell’s history — or something more?

Because the past reaches out. Decades later, Cally Darker is handed the chance to investigate the terrible story, and perhaps even solve it: a fantastic exclusive for her true-crime podcast. Tony’s sister, actress Stella, is desperate for the mystery to be unravelled before she dies, and will do anything to help — passing on the tapes her brother left behind. But it isn’t long before Cally realises that Warden Fell has a far older and far darker tale to tell, and that some sounds are better left unheard.

Atmospheric, eerie and steeped in dread, this is a horror story about history, sound, and the things that echo long after they should have fallen silent.

Perfect for readers who love slow-building supernatural horror, true-crime hooks, sinister rural settings and a mystery with something ancient lurking beneath it.