Marissa Rooney stands in her daughter’s empty dorm room, a half-used vial of insulin clutched in her trembling hand. Brooke has been missing for days. Her roommate hasn’t seen her since that night in the bar. And if Marissa has Brooke’s insulin, it means that Brooke does not. But Marissa isn’t alone in her terror. A phantom from her past is lurking in the shadows, waiting in the night, and … and holding her family captive…in the dark.
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A Good Read!
Marissa Rooney stands in her daughter’s empty dorm room, a half-used vial of insulin clutched in her trembling hand. Brooke has been missing for days. Her roommate hasn’t seen her since that night in the bar. And if Marissa has Brooke’s insulin, it means that Brooke does not.
This was a real nail-biter! I couldn’t put it down!
Marissa Rooney has two daughters, 3 ex- husbands, and a just okay job . But now her oldest daughter, Brooke, is gone from college, diabetic, and never misses classes…..meanwhile the younger daughter, Kelly, has become secretive, angry and uncooperative.
The first chapter sets up the tension level as you see a girl, naked, scared, beaten trying to survive…..then Brooke goes missing and you think, oh no….now there are 2 missing girls.
I really felt Marissa’s anger as the police ignored her request for help and her fear as she sees a picture of another girl, who looks alot like Brooke….the guy has a “type”.
Elizabeth Holt, Lizzie, is a rich, smart,older woman that demands justice and takes on helping Marissa. She has her reasons….very good ones. And then there is the cop, Seth, smart, damaged and open to the possibilities of a serial kidnapper in his town.
The plotting is excellent! The characters come alive…Alistair, his daughter Alicia, and Sully, a man with attitude and motivation. Throw in strong willed Tess, Brooke’s roommate and Drew, handsome guy dating Alicia.
The atmosphere is perfect, somewhere is a cabin in the woods, and two girls held prisoners. You have the college scene and bars and dating. And Jessie, old boyfriend of Brooke, just happens to work at the bar Brooke was last seen in.
Seth and Marissa become a team and the Holt organization run by Elizabeth Holt uses its power to aid in the search.
Sully seems a natural suspect for the crime. Jessie also seems around a lot of the locations being checked out. Meanwhile Drew, dating Alicia, is trying to fit in with the rich, spoiled crowd she grew up with. And Kelly has her reasons for her behavior. And all this comes together…slowly, the many people, their lives interconnecting and the many subplots becomes one large scary plot.
And the first missing girl, Kim Covey, fights a hard fight as does Brooke and Tess and eventually Kelly. Think six degrees of separation when reading.
Great storm scenes, family scenes, and believable people.
Sit down and enjoy the ride as you tense up and worry. You’ll finish this book in just two sittings!
In the Dark by: Chris Patchell is book 1 of 2 and is loaded with action and suspense, dark and twisted. A page turner that keeps you engaged and on the edge of your seat. Dual narration by Lisa Stathoplos, Corey Gagne was flawless. Recommended
In the Dark is the first book in the Holt Foundation Story series by Chris Patchell. It is a Dark mystery. It deals with kidnapping and murder of teenage girls. There are no real graphic in depth scenes in the book. I did get confused in a few places in the book. The book does bounce around a bit between the characters, and following all of the different characters and parts of the story had me a bit lost at times unless I was setting still. The least distraction would get me off track, but only for a minute or two.
In the book Marissa Rooney’s teenage diabetic daughter Brooke has been missing for a few days. Marissa finds her daughters insulin and knows that she has no time to waste in finding Brooke. At first the Police want to treat this as a runaway case. Other girls have also come up missing, and when bodies start to show up its a whole new game. Along with the fact that Marissa’s very powerful and influential boss Elizabeth Holt has asked Marissa to help her start her new foundation to help families of violent crimes. And also takes on Brooke’s case as her first client.
The kidnapper is brought into the picture very quickly in the book, you know he is the one, but you have to wait till way later in the book to understand his motives.
The book does not focus strictly on the kidnapping and murders. It is like a TV show Pilot. It introduces you to the main players of the series as well. you get their backstories and see where they will become valuable characters in the rest of the series. At least that is the way I am taking it.
Lisa Stathoplos and Corey Gagne are the narrators of the audio book. Lisa does the female based chapters and Corey does the male chapters. You get points of view from pretty much everyone in the book, and they are broken down by chapters. In my opinion they both have done an excellent job. They both brought feeling and depth to the characters they portrayed and the story as well.
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Chris Patchell. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
In The Dark by Chris Patchell starts out with terror and a sense of wrongness from the opening pages, but I was hooked by the fabulous cover. I love stories that are filled with suspense and the pacing of In The Dark kept me racing through the pages. Unputdownable!
The story is familiar and I love that Chris Patchell is not afraid of killing off characters right and left, making me wonder who will be left standing. The killer is exposed early, but that did nothing to prepare me for the twists and turns, the horrific story of a villain running AMOK, driven, haunted by his past.
Even knowing the shit is coming and to say it’s going to hit the fan doesn’t lessen the gut punch, shock and horror of the evil men do to one another.
Warning: Begin early in the morning to avoid the dark shadows and give yourself time to finish. I feel once you get into the gritty, you won’t be able to quit!
I won In The Dark by Chris Patchell and the rest is history. She is on my radar and has become a must read author for me.
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