Dark Heart

When Judy receives a mysterious invitation, she follows its cryptic instructions to an abandoned cellar-where a man named Rex is chained, blindfolded, and gagged. Around his neck, a sign reads: "I killed Delores. Do with me as you will." As Judy's past with her murdered stepdaughter Delores resurfaces in vivid, disturbing fragments, the cellar becomes more than a prison-it becomes a confessional, a courtroom, and a mirror. Others begin to arrive, each summoned by the same blue-bordered envelope. Each with secrets. Each with sins. Each with a dark heart. But someone is watching. Recording. Pulling strings. As the line between justice and vengeance blurs, the community's facade begins to crack. In the shadows, a reckoning gathers force-one that could consume them all. Jon Towlson is a British film critic, journalist, and author known for his extensive work on horror and genre cinema. Dark Heart is his first novel.