Welcome to Barlowe Theater – Where Nothing Is as It Seems

Minneapolis, Minn.—Named “a trailblazer extraordinaire” by Booklist, Daphne du Maurier and Christy Award–winning author Jaime Jo Wright’s “delightfully creepy” (Library Journal) blend of dual-time suspense is not your average thriller. With a prolific catalog of atmospheric tales, including The Vanishing at Castle Moreau and The Premonition at Withers Farm—among others—Wright combines rich characterization with masterful craftsmanship to deliver intricate, fast-paced plots featuring the perfect touch of spookiness. All while navigating difficult topics with grace along the way. In her latest, Wright brings the legend surrounding Barlowe Theater to life as two women—separated by a century yet bound by the ghosts of the past—pursue light in the face of darkness in The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater. . . . .

Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy’s brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta’s younger brother goes missing after breaking into the building, Greta engages the assistance of a local police officer to help her uncover the already ghostly secrets of the theater. But when help comes from an unlikely source, Greta decides that to save her family she must put the threat of the phantoms to rest.

Decades later, Kit Boyd’s best friend vanishes during a ghost-walk at Barlowe Theater, and old stories of mysterious disappearances and ghoulish happenings are revived. When TV ghost-hunting host and skeptic Evan Fisher engages Kit in the quest to identify the truth behind the theater’s history, Kit reluctantly agrees to work with him in hopes of finding out what happened to her friend. As the theater’s curse begins to unravel Kit’s life, she sets out not only to save the historical building and her friend but also to end the pattern of evil that has marked their hometown for a century.

Available from Bethany House Publishers