From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse the
world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a new, darker world - populated by more str
angers than friends. But then, that's how the locals prefer it? Welcome to Midni
ght, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, l
ocated at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It's a pretty standard
dried-up western town. There's a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is
seen only at night). There's a diner (people who are just passing through tend
not to linger). And there's new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he's found
the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). Stop at
the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and lea
rn the truth ...
