Call Off the Dark
A Novel
with Brittany Pressley (Narrator)
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Pub Date Sep 22 2026 | Archive Date Nov 17 2026
HarperAudio Adult | William Morrow
Description
"After her husband's murder, Helen quickly remarries and moves off grid to become a tradwife. Her trauma deepens when a stranger arrives. A twisty genre-bender." —People
“My favorite kind of thriller: so moving about true love and the aftermath of loss, and at the same time, twisty, confounding and impossible to put down.” —Clare Leslie Hall, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country
A haunting, atmospheric debut thriller with a love story at its heart—currently in development as a television series with Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions!
Helen and Tyler were soulmates, a couple with a storybook beginning and an enduring bond, until Tyler’s sudden murder shattered her world. Numb with grief and desperate for escape, Helen impulsively marries Wade—a near stranger—and goes off-grid with him to a farmhouse in rural Washington.
Trading her polished Seattle existence for a tradwife life of canning vegetables and sewing during the day, she battles insomnia, PTSD, and haunting memories of Tyler at night…until Wade's brother Isaac shows up. The problem: Isaac died years ago in a farm accident, and Wade insists they're now in danger.
Helen isn’t sure what to believe. Is Isaac back from the dead? Is Wade manipulating her? Or is Helen's mind unraveling? As her suspicions close in from every side, Helen must navigate a maze of secrets, grief, and uncertainty—where trusting the wrong person could be fatal.
A stunningly original debut, Call Off the Dark blends a spine-tingling thriller, an immersive psychological drama, and a heart-piercing love story that reminds us of the magic in human connection and that our truest partners in life can keep us tethered to the world, even from the grave.
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| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9780063489486 |
| PRICE | $28.99 (USD) |
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I haven't cried so much over a thriller ever since I watched The Haunting of Hill House (btw, this is how I find out that is an adaptation)
"we don't haunt the ones we love"
Speaking from a romance reader POV who is just beginning to read thrillers for a change, this was insanely good and devastating.
We get to see a lot of Helen’s relationship with Tyler, their meet-cute, and how they went through life together, learning and growing along the way. That made losing Tyler so much worse. On top of that, seeing the contrast with her new relationship, where she had no support system and was secluded 95% of the time in a little house in the woods with a man she married on a whim, was so sad.
I enjoyed how the story evolved and how you didn't know who was actually sane or not, it was very entertaining but the last few chapters really were a rollercoaster and as much as I liked the book, I was bawling my eyes out by the end of the book.
Brittany Pressley's work with this narration was impeccable, she really knows how to carry an emotional story on her own! I really couldn't have made it without her the last few chapters, I literally couldn't read through my tears.
infinite thanks to William Morrow for an advanced physical copy and to Harper Audio for the incredible ALC!
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