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 fiancé.
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...***
I thought I knew what monsters were.
PROLOGUE
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(@HarperCollinsUK, 3 February 2022, 360 pages, ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley)
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This is a new author for me. A Flicker in the Dark sounded like my perfect thriller. I've read other books featuring the children of serial killers so was on familiar ground. If I'm honest it took a while to get into the book and really engage with the characters. The book is fast paced and fairly rattles along, building suspense and momentum until you're not sure what's really going on and what the truth is. Chloe is an unreliable narrator and the author uses drink and drug dependency to make her this and I thought something more original would have worked better. Despite this, I found this a gripping read.
