When true crime podcaster Lena Crowe returns to Harper, North Carolina, grief still clings to her like fog. A year after losing her husband and child in a freak accident, she's drawn back by an unsolved mystery her grandmother once whispered about, a woman accused of murdering her family and walking free. In 1955, Catherine Haywood Ellis lost everything: her son, her daughter, her husband-all on the eighth day of the month, eight months in a row. The town whispered poison, madness, and guilt. But no one ever proved she did it. No one ever asked why she stayed. As Lena digs into the case, she uncovers more than forgotten headlines and fading gravestones. A missing daughter. A town that never forgave. And a pattern that may not be finished yet. Told in dual timelines, The Eighth of Everything is a haunting Southern Gothic mystery about the weight of silence, the legacy of loss, and the truths we carry when no one wants to listen.
- | Author: Henry D., Jr. Parrish
- | Publisher: Books.by
- | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 284 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-13: 9798898685522
