The Pale Orchard Series
K.L. Banker
“Every town pays for what it keeps hidden.”
Atmospheric small-town horror — one town, one carnival, and the long arithmetic of what each one owes the other.
The Carousel Returns
Book One · Out Now
Pale Orchard has kept its peace for seventy years — quietly, and at a price nobody in town talks about. The carnival burned on Halloween night in 1954, and the town has been careful ever since.
Sheriff Odalys “Oda” Kestler came home to care for the grandfather who kept that peace for fifty years. Now he is buried, the badge is hers, and out past the edge of town, the carousel is turning again.
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Book Two · September 10, 2027
The town kept its half of the bargain. The other half is another matter — and some debts in Pale Orchard are still outstanding.
Pre-order now · $4.99 · releases September 10, 2027
Pre-order Book TwoBook Three — The Strongman’s Grave — comes in its own time.
Pale Orchard Case Files
The Weekly Lore Show
Every week, a new case file from the town records — the night the tent was lit, the badge, the ledgers — drawn only from the published pages, so nothing is spoiled before its time.
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