This is cosmic horror mixed with small town horror. The main characters are Ellie Brower, whose daughter Dawn went missing three years, and Mitch Green, whose daughter Kya is best friends with Dawn. When Ellie and Mitch get a text message from their daughters' disconnected phones and learn that they came from somewhere in Virginia, they find Lacuna's Point and end up trapped there. Strange and terrifying things happen in the town and the locals are very hostile, especially the cop. The town also has a clocktower that occasionally goes off, and the sound of it causes the townsfolk to go into a trance.  Ellie and Mitch meet some other people who also became trapped in Lacuna's Point and form a plan to escape.

I really, really enjoyed this book. The characters are all well-written and even though there are many povs in this book I was able to tell them apart. Although when the Mayor went on one of his speeches, I wanted to shout at him to just shut the fuck up but that's how it is with villains so I'm not too mad about that. My favorite part of this book was the friendship between Kya and Dawn. That was such a joy to read about. There's also some commentary about racism as well as the consumption and creation of art. After reading this and Paradise Club I am excited to read more from Tim Meyer.