A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel
A New York Times Bestseller
"A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you'll never see coming. Stacy Willingham's debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime." --Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she's worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.BUY THE BOOK
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DUDE this book fr captivated me,, like i could not put it down for even a second. It was so twisty and turny and i never knew what was coming next. 10/10 would recommend.
Well, here are my notes from during this read:
A FLICKER IN THE DARK
- [ ] Too much description of boring shit
- [ ] FOUR MGS OF XANAX?? via the phone?
- [ ] well, it is louisiana
- [ ] did her dad take the fall for her brother?
- [ ] FOUR MILLIGRAMSSSSS
- [ ] too much description of her brother
- [ ] never want to read about a tongue in a mouth again
A FLICKER IN THE DARK
- [ ] Too much description of boring shit
- [ ] FOUR MGS OF XANAX?? via the phone?
- [ ] well, it is louisiana
- [ ] did her dad take the fall for her brother?
- [ ] FOUR MILLIGRAMSSSSS
- [ ] too much description of her brother
- [ ] never want to read about a tongue in a mouth again
The only thing I didn't like about this book was that Daniel and Chloe did not stay together in the end and it was not explained why. They loved each other and the only reason she suspected Daniel was because her brother was setting him up. Did they really break up because Daniel pretended not to know about her father when he met her? They were going to get married!
Also I did not see the end coming at all. I thought it was Daniel early on but the author started leading us down that path so I knew it was a red herring. I was totally blindsided that it was Connor.
Also I did not see the end coming at all. I thought it was Daniel early on but the author started leading us down that path so I knew it was a red herring. I was totally blindsided that it was Connor.
Read this over a span of 24 hours. Definitely kept me hooked, lots of curveballs thrown. My gut instinct from about page 50 turned out to be accurate. Definitely thrown off a couple times though. I enjoyed it!
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