The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas is a thriller that feels ripped from the headlines. The story follows two best friends who experience tragedy together and face it in their own way.

There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them.

Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn’t have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one. She can handle staring into the face of her demons — and if she parties hard enough, maybe one day they’ll disappear for good.

Tessa and Callie haven’t talked about what they saw that summer night since it happened. After the trial Callie drifted and Tessa moved and childhood friends just have a way of losing touch.

But ever since she left, Tessa’s had questions. Things have never quite added up. And now she has to go back to Fayette–to Wyatt Stokes sitting on death row; to Lori Cawley, Callie’s dead cousin; and to the only other person who may be hiding the truth.

Only the closer Tessa gets to the truth, the closer she gets to a killer — and this time, it won’t be as easy to run away.

In the vein of Making a Murderer, The Darkest Corners asks the hard questions on whether or not Wyatt Stokes is actually the killer or just the scape-goat. To accompany the book, a set of videos have been created to support the story found in the novel. “The Hard Line on Crime with Brenda Dean” is a clip of a news program that reveals an upcoming exclusive interview that casts doubt on whether the man convicted of the murders — Wyatt Stokes — is guilty. Ten years after he was sentenced to death in the case known as the “The Ohio River Murders,” Stokes is speaking out for the first time. This promo hints that he may drop a bombshell about who the real murderer is.

To learn more about the book and see more videos leading up to the release on April 19, 2016 visit Darkest Corners Book.

About Kara Thomas

Kara Thomas is the author of The Darkest Corners, coming from Penguin Random House/Delacorte Press in Spring 2016. She also wrote the Prep School Confidential series (St. Martin’s Press) and the pilot The Revengers for the CW under the pen name Kara Taylor. She’s represented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media for books and United Talent Agency and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for film. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or on the couch with her rescue cat, Felix.