The Invisible World

"An eerie and virtuosic debut" (Helen Phillips, author of The Need ) about a paranormal investigations TV show that loses control of its subject as they investigate a haunted house Eve is a frustrated young artist and the owner of what she believes is a haunted house. Sandra is an overworked producer at Searching for . . . the Invisible World , a paranormal investigations show perpetually on the brink of cancelation. When the show descends upon Eve's home, they’re intent on creating just another staged spectacle. But, unexpectedly, the crew encounters some very real activity—shelves collapse, electronics go haywire, a cameraman disappears in the dead of night. Meanwhile, the show’s teenage ghost hunter Caitlin is caught up in the unexplained events, convinced she’s glimpsing the “other side” and desperate to make contact—even if it means putting the investigation, and herself, in jeopardy. As the terror mounts, it's up to the show’s harried, skeptical producer, Sandra, to create order from the madness—or will the madness take her, too? A gothic, ghostly horror novel set on a paranormal investigations TV show, with an ensemble cast each grappling with their own desires and doubts and the disturbing consequences of suppressing them. Eve is frustrated. An artist without inspiration or direction, shes suffering a slew of strange, unexplained phenomena and comes to a simple conclusion: her house is haunted. She does what any sensible woman would do and she contacts a paranormal investigations show in the hope of getting some answers. When the show descends upon her home, theyre intent on creating just another staged spectacle. But, unexpectedly, the crew encounters some very real activityshelves collapse, electronics go haywire, a cameraman disappears in the dead of night. As these incidents multiply, it's up to the shows harried, skeptical producer, Sandra, to create order from the madness, while she struggles with her own beliefs about what shes witnessing. Meanwhile, the shows teenage ghost hunter Caitlin is caught up in the unexplained events, convinced shes glimpsing the other side and desperate to make contacteven if it means putting the investigation, and herself, in jeopardy. As their supernatural experiences intensify, theyll have no choice but to venture into the invisible world within themselves and prove that a house is only as haunted as the people in it.