Sandra's Book Club: Blog Tour: ARLYA by Jack Lowe-Carbell

ARLYA

Jack Lowe-Carbell

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GENRE: Thriller

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BLURB:

Arlya, a small town in Southern Ontario, is rocked by a gruesome crime. Four friends must work together with Detective Dylan Grey to find a pattern, a bike, a clue, and a sister before it is repeated.

James and his three best friends, Owen, Tommy, and Mike, have just finished school for the summer. The plan is the same as every other year: they are going to build the biggest fort yet, deep in the Dhoon Woods. After stumbling across a tiny, seemingly unimportant wooden hut, a series of crimes take place and their plans change.

Arlya falls into itself. Doors are locked, curtains drawn, bikes are put away, strangers invade, and kids are off the street. In the first week of summer vacation, a dark and disturbing family history is uncovered; friends turn on each other; a storm rolls through town; and a monster is hiding just out of sight, smiling its toothy grin and crawling through the corn.

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Excerpt One:

One Friday night last summer, the four of them had left James’s house after his parents had gone to bed. They had biked around in the dark, briefly illuminated by the sparse streetlights looming over the side streets. Fog had drifted across the side roads; houses were barely visible through their covered lawns. Somehow, they wound their way to the bottom of Cemetery Hill.

“My grandpa is in there,” Tommy had said quietly.

They had looked out at the long blackness which rose menacingly above them. The trees at the top of the hill had been reaching toward the starry sky.

James had wanted to bike back. If he had left, the others would have surely followed suit. Mike had glanced at James waiting for his decision.

“My dad was supposed to be buried here,” Owen had said, his voice cracking, devoid of moisture.

The fog had continued to thicken around the four of them standing stagnant in the road, straddling their bikes.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Jack Lowe-Carbell is a 26-year-old writer living in Vancouver, BC. Arlya is his first novel, and it is based in his hometown, Ayr, ON. Thanks to his dad, who read him horror stories when he was far too young, Jack has always loved the genre. His next novel is a tale of horror based in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

CONNECT WITH JACK LOWE-CARBELL

WEBSITE - https://jacklowecarbell.com/

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/arlyanovel

INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/jacklowecarbell/

TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@jacklowecarbell

PURCHASE LINKS - ARLYA

AMAZON.COM - https://amazon.com/dp/1779410964

AMAZON.CA - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1779410964

RAKUTEN KOBO - https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/arlya

BARNES & NOBLE - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144578780

ABEBOOKS - https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9781779410962

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