Sloe by Marc Ruvolo

The voice inside Veronica Mattingly's head urges her to do violent, unspeakable things to the people she loves...it's not easy to ignore.

Returning to rural Kentucky following the suicide of her dissolute brother, she learns she’s not alone in hearing the voice. It's a voice from the past, one demanding that she act, but is Veronica up for it? Can she exhume the root of this evil and right a historical wrong.

What follows is a descent into madness involving ghosts, sacrifice, a reclusive, a cult, and a decades-old secret that lies at the heart of a mountain. Sloe is a story about family: mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, and the ties that bind us all—even after death.