Town Lights

In the sleepy Shenandoah Valley town of Fredericktown, Virginia, a devastating car crash on West Mountain Road sets off a chain of events that unravels the lives of its residents in Kevin McKew's gripping novel Town Lights. Pastor Jack McCahill, a sarcastic yet steadfast minister, and his tenacious journalist wife, Lauren, find themselves at the heart of the turmoil. When college freshman Peter Bishop clings to life in a coma and local teen Jeremy "JJ" Jones dies in the wreck, the couple is drawn into the raw grief of the families and the dark secrets festering beneath the town's polished surface. The story crackles with tension as Lauren's investigation unearths the predatory past of a powerful town leader and church elder. Through vivid prose and relentless pacing, McKew paints a portrait of a community teetering on the edge, where love, loyalty, and redemption collide with betrayal and vengeance. This is a tale of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary darkness, where the glow of human connection outshines even the deepest shadows. Readers will be hooked by its unflinching look at small-town secrets and the fierce determination of those who fight to overcome evil in their midst.