A Flicker in the Dark: The New York Times bestselling debut psychological serial killer thriller with a shocking twist that will keep you up all night in 2022

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The bad news is that someone else did, someone who knows a great deal about the earlier cases, someone who could be very close to Chloe indeed.

Still, I think one issue for me was that the overall tone of the book was a little dour and depressing, and not in a good way. Chloe's life is secure and stable now--she's engaged to Daniel and has a fulfilling job as a psychologist. So the prevailing question left in my mind after finishing this debut novel is this: Can you still enjoy a mystery that you didn’t find mysterious? Some of the smaller details make less sense than I’d ideally like, but those were mostly more minor aspects of the story. Soon, Chloe's home alarm accidentally goes off, and Chloe anxiously goes into the closet to look for Daniel's gun.Cooper questions Daniel’s intentions and warns Chloe about being close with people she doesn’t really know. Almost all of my GR friends loved this book, but although the writing is excellent, the plot failed to captivate me as much as I had hoped. Sometimes beautifully descriptive: “I remember wandering by myself through the fairgrounds, the sounds and smells of Louisiana permeating my skin . I guessed the ending immediately, but the author tried to throw in plenty of red herrings and a couple of other unexpected twists.

I infrequently read advance copies of mystery-thrillers from debut authors since I like to see how the review shake out before investing time reading these types of books. Her older brother, Cooper, is dealing with their past in his own way, staying close to Chloe but also adding more stress to her life. She tells herself that she chose this career to help others-But, it doesn’t hurt that she can prescribe the drugs, that help get her through the day.And so Margot finds herself living in an off-campus house with three other girls: Lucy, the ringleader; Sloane, the sarcastic one; and Nicole, the nice one, the three of them opposites but also deeply intertwined. She’s a psychologist with script privileges, and she drinks and takes barbiturates daily, while counselling teen girls. the sense of fear of the figurative darkness and the pervasive and erroneous idea that adults know everything. He admits to knowing about the Breaux Bridge murders and says that he wanted to make people think she was one of the missing girls.