Monaco’s: The Diner That Eats Time (South of the Border Universe Book 2)

Some places don’t let go. Some places rewrite time. And some places feed on the people who wander in.After the nightmare at South of the Border, Al Monaco thought he had escaped. He opened his own roadside diner on a quiet stretch of highway, kept his head down, and tried to forget what he had seen… and what he had done. But the past has a way of finding you.When an old woman named Margaret Ellis arrives asking questions about her missing daughter and granddaughter, Monaco’s carefully built world begins to crack. The Mills family disappeared years ago at South of the Border. Now their grandmother is at his door, and she’s not leaving until she gets answers.But Margaret isn’t the only problem. Benny the Bone, a washed-up comedian with a dark history, is coming to town. Doris, the waitress who has seen too much, is starting to question everything. And somewhere in the back rooms of the diner, something is waiting.From the world of South of the Border: The Motel That Eats Time comes a brutal, slow-burn Southern Gothic horror novel about the traps we build for ourselves — and the ones that have been waiting for us all along.Some diners serve more than burgers and shakes. Some places eat time. And some guests are never meant to leave. Read more