She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong. The instant New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year, soon to be a major TV series, developed by Emma Stone 'Very few debuts are as insightful, cunningly plotted and well written as this.' The Sunday Times Best Thrillers of 2022 'I couldn't put this one down' Prima 'This was dark! Edge of your seen stuff... incredibly atmospheric and tricky.'Platinum 'A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with ...
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She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong. The instant New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year, soon to be a major TV series, developed by Emma Stone 'Very few debuts are as insightful, cunningly plotted and well written as this.' The Sunday Times Best Thrillers of 2022 'I couldn't put this one down' Prima 'This was dark! Edge of your seen stuff... incredibly atmospheric and tricky.'Platinum 'A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you'll never see coming.' Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times No. 1 Bestselling Author Chloe Davis' father is a serial killer. He was convicted and jailed when she was twelve but the bodies of the girls were never found, seemingly lost in the surrounding Louisiana swamps. The case became notorious and Chloe's family was destroyed. His crimes stalk her like a shadow. Now Chloe has rebuilt her life. She's a respected psychologist in Baton Rouge and has a loving fianc???. But she just can't shake a tick-tick-tick of paranoia that, at any moment, it might all come crashing down. As does something darker. It is the anniversary of her father's crimes, and Chloe is about to see her worst fears come true - a girl she knows goes missing. The nightmare has started again...
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Those who know me will know that although I love to read books of all genres, I have a soft-spot for crime and thrillers in particular. Serial killers, murder, intriguing puzzles and clever twists are all the things I really enjoy to read about. So, when I read the blurb for A Flicker in the Dark, about a woman whose father is a serial killer I thought it would be right up my street.
I'm not sure whether it was going in with high expectations that was my issue (that often leads to disappointment) but I felt very let down by A Flicker in the Dark. At 10% of the way through, I turned to my fiance and said, 'I think I can see exactly where this book is going, I hope I'm wrong, but I think ___ will be the red herring but it'll actually be ____'. When I put down the book a few days later the only thing I could really say was that I was completely right. The book is incredibly predictable, there aren't really enough characters introduced in the story to make the twist have any kind of impact. There's only two real suspects and you are led to believe it's one of them for half of the book so of course it won't be them! The only twist that surprised me was who the journalist turned out to be but that was only because it was a character I thought I'd never heard of up until the reveal.
I enjoy reading about flawed main characters and think if done well it can lead to a nice uncertainty about the reliability of the narrator. With Chloe however, I just found it a bit frustrating. She makes some really silly decisions, and I spent a lot of the book silently screaming at her to understand what was going on.
Overall, A Flicker in the Dark is a great premise but is very predictable with a frustrating main character. Thank you to NetGalley & Harper Collins UK - HarperFiction for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
