Violet

"Thomas cuts even deeper and darker. If you weren't already a fan, this should be the book to do it." —Sam Rader, Barnes & Noble

"Violet begins with a quote from a Nick Cave song, which equals great promise in my mind, and does not disappoint. Scott Thomas does a great job of instilling that hint of something sinister lurking behind or underneath or just blended in with what's familiar and ordinary. I know when Inkshares is behind something, it's going to be good, and Violet is good in all the ways you want your great dark and creepy literature to be." —Peter Win, co-owner of the Brookline Booksmith

For many children, the summer of 1988 was filled with sunshine and laughter. But for ten-year-old Kris Barlow, it was her chance to say goodbye to her dying mother.  

Three decades later, loss returns—her husband killed in a car accident. And so, Kris goes home to the place where she first knew pain—to that summer house overlooking the crystal waters of Lost Lake. It’s there that Kris and her eight-year-old daughter will make a stand against grief.

But a shadow has fallen over the quiet lake town of Pacington, Kansas. Beneath its surface, an evil has grown—and inside that home where Kris Barlow last saw her mother, an old friend awaits her return.

1) THOMAS' FIRST NOVEL, KILL CREEK is being developed as a horror series for Showtime, was shortlisted for the 2017 BRAM STOKER AWARD for Superior Achievement in a First Novel, and was the winner of the American Library Association's Horror Book of the Year.

2) HOLLYWOOD INTEREST: Violet has already garnered strong interest in the Hollywood rights market. Top agents and producers have noted the recurring strength of the audience in the horror market and the psychological horror sub-genre in particular. Inkshares expects to lock a film deal prior to publication.

3) BARNES & NOBLE DUBBED KILL CREEK THE HORROR DEBUT OF 2017: “An intimate, twisted edifice to horror itself...and if you love horror even half as much as [Thomas] does, you should be paying attention."