Description
Eight carolers came home. The ninth is still knocking.
Caldwell House is reopening for Christmas, and Ava Mercer has one job: make sure the isolated estate’s private holiday preview goes smoothly. Then she notices an old photograph. Nine teenage carolers stand together beneath the winter trees—but the official story names only eight.
That evening, an impossible ninth voice surfaces on an audio recording. Someone knocks nine times. And when a blizzard cuts off the road, the people inside discover they are not alone.
Beyond the windows waits a motionless figure in a faded crimson choir cloak and a pale wooden mask. He never speaks. He never hurries. But he knows the house, and every locked door is becoming a gamble.
As the danger draws closer, Ava must uncover what happened to the missing singer and decide how far she will go to keep the others alive. Some Christmas secrets should never have been buried. This one is still knocking.
