Book #1: The Misery House
Sometimes the quietest little towns are haunted by the darkest secrets.
New Haven: This rural town has never seen tragedy like this. The Woods family has lived here forever. But when their own children are in danger, this family must risk everything to find answers. Is it too late to save their town… and each other?
New Haven has dark secrets and a haunted house like you’ve never seen before.
Book #2: The Silent Forest
In New Haven, everything is changing. And there’s no going back now.
It’s been weeks since Allison went missing, and everyone has given up except for Kaia. New Haven mourns their dead as she keeps looking. And now, she’s starting to find answers. Her search threatens to unbury all of New Haven’s darkest secrets.
For the Woods family, it will take everything they have. For Kaia, it’s the last chance.
Book #3: The Empty RooM
Coming October 26, 2025
Every one feels safe in their own house. Until they don’t.
The Woods family is at peace, at last. Allison is safe. Kaia is not afraid. But everything changes when Allison gets sick… and another child from New Haven goes missing.
Kaia simply needs to make it until Nate graduates. Less than a year. But Rhys has more to tell her… Secrets from a hundred years ago.
When the Woods family are no longer safe in their own house, they only have one choice: Fight until the end.
But in this town, there are no happy endings.
One Unforgettable Family. One Thrilling Series.
My first trilogy of bestselling thrillers is about more than just shocking twists and mysterious events. These books focus on one family, their unbreakable bond, and the chance we all have to be selfless. If you enjoyed my novel Everything, Somewhere, think of this series as that book with some added thrills and chills.
These three novels, starting with The Misery House, follow the Woods family during the deadliest summer in New Haven history. Only this family can save their beloved town and each other… but time is running out. The Silent Forest is the breathtaking, heart-pounding sequel. Recently announced and coming in October of 2025, The Empty Room is an unpredictable and chilling end to the bestselling trilogy.
To satisfy you until then, I have a short story prequel called I See The World Through Darkness. This is your introduction to the town of New Haven, where the whole series takes place, but set decades before the events in The Misery House. This story stands alone from the rest of the series, offering a taste of New Haven and what life used to be like inside the Gothic house looming over the town. It also gives you a few clues about where this series is headed…
Prequel: I See The WOrld Through Darkness
In this psychological thriller, Bailey is a young woman with big dreams. She travels with Henry to visit his great aunt Sylvia in the massive house above New Haven, hoping for a proposal. The house is still glorious, even past its prime. It’s more than she expected, but also more than she bargained for.
As this slow-burning, descent into madness continues, her perfect future with Henry seems more and more out of reach. The house grows darker and more menacing. Henry begins to change. Sylvia reveals old secrets.
With shadows lurking in every room and ghostly specters appearing, Bailey starts to lose her grip on reality and on the man she once loved. Was coming to this house a terrible mistake? And will she ever escape from its grasp?
David Kummer 