Sleep Tight: A Novel BY J. H. Markert

Sleep Tight is a chilling horror thriller that will captivate fans of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man. In this spine-tingling tale, the echoes of past terror come roaring back to life. The story begins in the rural town of Twisted Tree, where Father Silence, a serial killer masquerading as a priest, inflicted unspeakable horrors on the community. When the police finally discovered his “House of Horrors,” they uncovered nineteen bodies and one sole survivor—a boy who was subsequently committed to a hospital for the criminally insane.

Now, nearly two decades later, Father Silence is executed, but his death triggers a new wave of fear. The detective who led the investigation is found dead the next morning, and a new serial killer, known as the Outcast, claims responsibility for the murder. Tess Claibourne, the detective’s daughter and a detective herself, is devastated by her father’s death and the resurgence of the nightmare that once plagued her town.

When the Outcast kidnaps Tess’s own daughter, she is forced to confront her darkest fears and revisit traumatic memories. With no leads and desperation mounting, Tess returns to Twisted Tree to seek out the boy who survived Father Silence’s reign of terror. As she delves into the boy’s fractured psyche, she uncovers disturbing truths that might be key to stopping the Outcast and putting an end to the terror once and for all.

Sleep Tight is a masterful blend of suspense and horror, featuring gripping prose and a haunting atmosphere that will leave readers on edge.