The Third Chime: The Girl in the Clock

By M.P. Sloane

Some houses keep memories. Hollowvale keeps victims.

When Mara Keswick returns to her childhood home after years of running from her past, she expects old fears to resurface.

She does not expect the house to wake for her.

Hollowvale House is wrong alive, watching, listening.

Its walls breathe. Its clocks whisper.

And somewhere inside it... the echo of a child is crying.

Mara came back searching for answers about her mother's disappearance. But the deeper she steps into the house's darkness, the more she realizes she's walking straight into a gothic haunted house novel brought to life, one built on rules, sacrifices, and a countdown no one has ever survived.
Every night, the house chimes.

One.
Two.
Three.
And when the third chime strikes... someone is taken.

Guided only by fragments of memory and the childhood friend who once believed her, Mara uncovers the truth buried beneath decades of silence:
This isn't just a haunting.

It's a system.

A design.

A curse that has claimed generations.

As the house tightens its grip and the psychological horror mystery deepens, Mara must choose:

Follow the path of the women who vanished before her...
or break Hollowvale's rule and face what waits behind the third chime.

A dark atmospheric horror novel perfect for fans of The Haunting of Hill House, Mexican Gothic, and The Whisper Man, The Girl in the Clock blends supernatural psychological thriller tension with a twisted supernatural mystery that will stay inside your bones long after the last page.
If you love: Haunted house horror booksCreepy house suspenseParanormal suspenseFemale-driven gothic mystery and suspenseDark secret family mysteryHorror stories with a twist...then Hollowvale House is waiting for you. Just remember: When you enter, the house chooses who gets to leave.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G391Z91T
• ISBN13: 9798275406283
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"