A Flicker in the Dark: The New York Times bestselling debut psychological serial killer thriller with a shocking twist that will keep you up all night in 2022

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Chloe Davis, a thirty two year old psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge, has a family past that will haunt her for the rest of her life. What her father did, when she was twelve, tore families apart and terrified a small town. A serial killer kidnapped and killed six girls, that killer was her father, and he's now rotting in prison, having ruined the lives of so many people.

Lena Rhodes was the first. The original. The girl that every girl in Breaux Bridge envied UNTIL her face became the one seen on every TV, and on all of the MISSING posters around town. Yes, I predicted the who of the whodunnit, but I couldn't get to the end fast enough to see if I was right. I was confused in tge end too. It was her wedding day and she returned the ring to the sister – yet Daniel was at the sister’s house? So it wasn’t in fact her wedding day, but what was meant to be her wedding day?

So Chloe is the star of this anxiety-inducing show. When she was really young, her father got arrested for the deaths of teenage girls. This is something that really traumatized her, and we see a lot of the effects in her adult years. Her brother and mother were also traumatized and they both also exhibit effects of this. Nevertheless, she is doing better: she is getting married to a really good guy, she has a great job, and she can honestly see her past getting behind her. What could possibly go wrong? Well, teenage girls start getting missing, and the clues being left behind are quite similar to when she was younger when those teenage girls went missing. Are they connected in a way? There are many ways to find out whether a person is emotionally unstable. The author is sharing a few of them in this book. Beyond that, she and other characters also behave in mildly nonsensical ways like withholding information and doing incriminating things in obvious ways. I understand why this happens in mystery-thrillers, but it did feel a little contrived.

Now Chloe Davis grabs her second chance: working with teenagers as a psychologist and she’s doing far better job than her colleagues because she knows how to be troubled kid. She also found her loved one, is about to tie the knot with Daniel even though her brother Cooper has still suspicious about Daniel’s motives. Does he really know the real Chloe and does he know how she still struggles with her past?Chloe knows that the cycle is somehow repeating itself. She doesn’t know who to trust, her father is in prison, so is it a copycat? She begins to formulate theories, but she doesn’t even trust herself. The police get tired of her hunches and theories, they need some proof. It is the anniversary of her father’s crimes, and Chloe is about to see her worst fears come true – Mostly though, I really liked the way the author seemed to have a handle on the childhood experience...the sense of fear of the figurative darkness and the pervasive and erroneous idea that adults know everything. As an actress, Stone won the Oscar for best actress for her role in “La La Land.” She is a three-time Oscar nominee overall, having also been nominated for “The Favourite” and “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).” A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming.’ Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times No. 1 Bestselling Author