What We Keep in the Quiet: This Gothic Horror is a Thrilling Peek into the Life of Abigail, High-Functioning Schizophrenic, The Family Secrets Lead Her to the Hollow Line from a Soiled Legacy

Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price.

Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does.

What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them.

Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it?