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Familiar Rooms in Darkness
Familiar Rooms in Darkness
Nov 13, 2025 12:40 PM

Author:Caro Fraser

Familiar Rooms in Darkness

The voices which are still talking at the end of someone's life don't tell the whole story. The ones that have fallen silent along the way, the people from forgotten parts of a person's past- they tell another kind of truth.

Harry Day was a national literary treasure, revered for his poetry, novels and plays. But his personal life has remained something of a mystery. When Adam Downing, a young journalist, is appointed his official biographer, he finds that Harry's life holds an abundance of secrets.

Adam is torn between wanting to protect Harry's reputation and his instincts as a journalist, which drive him to tell the truth at any cost. Even at the cost of losing the admiration and friendship of Harry's beautiful daughter Bella. For Harry's biggest secret involves Bella, the woman with whom Adam is falling in love.

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A story of love, betrayal, and violence that kept me turning the pages to the end

—— Susan Cheever

A beautiful piece of writing - infused with the themes of family, death, loyalty, and romantic love - I think we're going to hear a lot more about this very fine novelist

—— James Lee Burke

A taut psychological drama that carried me through from first page to last - a voice that can render exquisitely the sharpest truths of the human heart and the finest details of a passing landscape all at once

—— Bret Lott, author of JEWEL

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—— John Hough, Jr., author of THE LAST SUMMER

A stunning accomplishment, Mirror Lake reaffirms the true power of love and its resounding ability to transform the human heart

—— Nelson Demille
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