The Haunting of VelkwoodThe Haunting of Velkwood

"The Velkwood Vicinity is the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some pseudo-scientific investigations as the block of homes disappeared behind a near-impenetrable veil that only three survivors could enter, and only one has in the past twenty years -- until now. Talitha Velkwood has avoided anything to do with the tragedy that took her mother and eight-year-old sister, drifting since then from one job to another, never settling anywhere or with anyone, feeling as trapped by her past as if she was still in the small town she so desperately wanted to escape. When a new researcher tracks her down and offers to pay her to go back to enter the vicinity, Talitha claims she's just doing it for the money. Despite all the crackpot theories over the years, no one has discovered what happened the night Talitha and her estranged, former best friends Brett and Grace escaped their homes twenty years ago. Will she finally get the answers or is this just another dead end?" -- front jacket flap
"Three childhood friends miraculously survive the night when everyone in their suburban hometown turns into ghosts"--