Darker Than Midnight

Michael "River" Corbett
Has been in a locked psych unit and heavily drugged since the murder of his pregnant wife. He cant remember what truly happened that night, only waking on the ground outside his burning house, his clothes reeking of gas, an empty can beside him. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, hes been locked up ever since. But now someone is trying to kill him, so he has to break out of the mental ward.
A hunted fugitive, all River wants is the truth.

Cassandra "Jax" Jackson
She knows shes putting her career on the line when she encounters this desperate stranger hiding out in the house that came with her new job, and doesnt turn him in.But theres something in Rivers that convinces her to believe him. As the incoming police chief of Blackberry Vermont, she has a pretty conflict of interest. But when she looks at River, she doesnt see a crazed killer on the run; she sees a fellow cop in trouble, and for the life of her, she cant stop herself from helping him.

Dawn Jones
The daughter of criminally insane cult leader Mordecai Young, Jaxs young friend is haunted by voices she doesnt want to hear and apparitions she doesnt want to see. But she can no longer ignore the "gift" her twisted father passed to her before he died—because unless she listens to what the dead are telling her, Jax might be doomed to join them.