The Shape of Night

In this eerie romantic suspense story from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen, a woman attempting to escape her past is pulled to a sleepy Maine coastal town—and to a spate of unexplained killings.

Ava Collette is punishing herself for a terrible event that happened to her. She leaves Boston and moves into an abandoned house on a secluded Maine seaside peninsula called Brodie's Watch in the hopes of finishing a cookbook she has been working on for months that is inspired by New England cooking. In the remote house, she feels at ease right away—that is, until she begins to hear odd noises.

Brodie, a sea captain, is said to have haunted the mansion for decades. Then, one night, Ava wakes up to find herself in the presence of an apparition that seems uncannily genuine. In the meanwhile, there have been a number of inexplicable accidental fatalities in the area. Ava also begins to learn that some people in the community are anxious to conceal a troubling secret as she looks into the previous renter's inexplicable disappearance.

Ava's investigation soon takes up all of her waking hours, and Captain Brodie's spectral visits light up her nights. She may be doubting her own sanity, but she is aware that she needs to get the truth before the killer kills again.