The Last Picture Showdown

By Raven Hollow

Some places should have stayed abandoned.

1977 The Rust Belt is collapsing, and so is private investigator Mark Miller.

Disgraced, broke, and haunted by past failures, Mark takes what should be a routine case: find a missing teenage girl last seen at the town's long-abandoned drive-in theater.

But the Derelict Drive-In isn't just a forgotten relic of a dying town.

It's a graveyard of secrets.

As Mark digs deeper, he uncovers a pattern of disappearances stretching back decades - all tied to the drive-in, the town's industrial past, and something far more sinister than any ordinary killer. The locals won't talk. The evidence doesn't add up. And the deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes:

This isn't just a crime.

It's a ritual.

With time running out and the girl's life hanging by a thread, Mark must confront a darkness rooted in the town itself - a force fed by fear, silence, and complicity.

To save her, he'll have to face not only the truth...

...but the thing behind it.

The Derelict Drive-In is a brutal, atmospheric blend of crime noir and supernatural horror, packed with relentless tension, small-town dread, and a detective's desperate search for redemption.

Perfect for readers who love:

noir crime thrillers1970s gritty fictionsupernatural horror with mysterysmall-town dark secretsritualistic and cult horrorflawed, hard-boiled protagonists

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVLVD924
• ISBN13: 9798233474347
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Raven Hollow
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"