A girl held captive her entire life.
After a shocking discovery, the police must unravel a mystery that horrifies the nation.
A detective condemned as a criminal.
Violently abducted while searching for a missing woman, D.S. Abigail Boone suffered retrograde amnesia - remembering nothing of her previous life. Defying the law to hunt those responsible, she now languishes behind bars.
A monster hiding in the shadows.
In desperation, police turn to Boone - who fears a connection to the disappearance of a child three decades earlier...and a mysterious underworld figure whose name is spoken only in whispers.
Freed from prison, what will Boone sacrifice - and who must she become - to uncover the terrifying truth?
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[The hunters walked with their pieces broken over the crooks of their arms]***
(@headlinepg, 23 July 2020, 352 pages, paperback, #ARC from @AmazonUK #AmazonVine)
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I haven't read the first Boone book, Past Life. I've been clearly missing out and need to rectify this ASAP. I read a lot of thrillers and have come across pretty much every scenario / plotline you can imagine. After Dark offers something different and original. Boone is a fascinating character, left with retrograde amnesia from injuries suffered searching for a missing woman which she hasn't recovered from and may never recover from. She has also recently been released from prison for crimes alleged to have taken place during the time she got amnesia. This is well written, engrossing and I struggled to put the book aside every time I picked it up. This is not an easy book to read. There are descriptions of a child being abused while not graphic but are not glossed over. Boone is damaged and troubled and twisted by a desire for revenge on the people who tortured her and caused her amnesia. This is a quite brilliant book. I must read Past Lives and look forward to Nolan's next book.
