Mirthless Night

**Some sorrows don't die. They wait, carved in stone.** For centuries, the Blackwood graveyard has guarded its secrets. Its most sorrowful sentinel is the Weeping Angel, a statue whose stone face is perpetually slick with what locals swear are real tears. For disgraced historian Elias Thorne, this local legend is nothing more than a footnote in a town he's desperate to forget. But when a young woman is found dead at the angel's feet, clutching a single, withered black rose, Elias is pulled into a mystery that bleeds from the present into a long-forgotten past. The police rule it a tragedy, but Elias recognizes the rose-a symbol he's seen only once before, in the cryptic diary of a 19th-century madman. Joining forces with a skeptical local detective, Elias uncovers a hidden history of the town: a story of forbidden love, a terrible curse, and a shadowy pact made on a moonless night. He soon realizes the angel isn't just weeping; it's warning him. The darkness that claimed its first victim is stirring again, and it has been waiting for someone just like him to unearth its terrible truth. **As the rain falls and the stone tears flow, Elias must answer a chilling question: is he hunting a killer, or is he being lured into a century-old trap by a grief that will never rest?** *Mirthless Night* is a gripping, atmospheric gothic mystery perfect for fans of supernatural thrillers, intricate historical secrets, and stories where the dead have more to say than the living.

Pages: 187, Paperback, Independently published