We Sang in the Dark

By: Joe Hart

Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso

Eighteen years ago, tragedy struck The Refuge cult in northern Minnesota. Forty people committed suicide, and the entire compound burned to the ground. At just 13, Clare was the sole survivor found wandering miles from the encampment, hands blistered, memories of the horrific event wiped from her mind.

Now a sociology professor and liaison to the FBI specializing in cults, Clare has fought to put the past behind her. She has a successful career, a quiet home, and is deeply in love. But intrusive memories and fear of inheriting her cult-leader father’s mental illness threaten to strangle Clare’s budding life when she receives a call from the past. A call informing her a woman has been found claiming to be her sister Shanna - a sister she long thought dead.

Wracked with guilt but determined to prove herself to the sister she thought was lost, Clare returns to her hometown only to be stalked by a threatening stranger and haunted by hallucinations which seem all too real - hallucinations that plagued her father as well. Before long, Clare begins to question what is real as the past overshadows the present and memories return that should’ve stayed forgotten.

©2020 Joe Hart (P)2021 Tantor

Great cult book

I love a good cult storyline and this didn’t disappoint. I found myself wishing there was a follow up book about the character’s life after these events and if she continues to collaborate with law enforcement for suspected cult investigations. Great book Joe Hart.

The narrator’s voice put me to sleep. Was lost several times in the story.

The narrators voice was to breathy and monotone. Not sure about the story since the narration was so flat.