The Hour Before Dark
by Douglas Clegg

Description:
When Nemo Raglan's father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo must return to the New England island he thought he had escaped for good, Burnley Island. . . And the shadowy farmhouse called Hawthorn. But this murder was no crime of human ferocity. What butchered Nemo's father may in fact be something far more terrifying -- something Nemo and his younger brother and sister have known since they were children.

As Nemo unravels the mysteries of his past and a terrible night of his childhood, he witnesses something unimaginable. . . and sees the true face of evil . . . while Burnley Island comes to know the unspeakable horror that grows in the darkness.