Some Choose Darkness
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4.3 • 40 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later, a twisting, impossible-to-put-down novel about the deadly secrets hiding in plain sight . . .
Some choose darkness.
Others are chosen by it.
Forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father’s law office after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case . . .
In the summer of 1979, five Chicago women went missing. The predator, nicknamed The Thief, left no bodies or clues behind—until police received a package from a mysterious woman named Angela Mitchell, whose unorthodox investigations appeared to unmask the killer. Then Angela disappeared without a trace. Forty years later, The Thief is about to be paroled for Angela’s murder. But the cryptic file Rory finds in her father’s law office suggests there is more to the case.
Making one startling discovery after another, Rory becomes helplessly entangled in the enigma of Angela Mitchell and what happened to her. As she continues to dig, even Rory can’t be prepared for the full, terrifying truth that is emerging . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This engrossing novel from Donlea (Don't Believe It) pits forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore against a smart serial killer. In Chicago in the summer of 1979, five young women disappear, all of them victims of a man known as the Thief. They're presumed murdered, but their bodies are never found. Angela Mitchell, who has "a gift and a curse to remember everything she ever saw," is able to identify the Thief, but she goes missing before the police can question her. There's enough evidence, however, to convict the Thief of Angela's murder and send him to Illinois's Stateville Correctional Center, where he's a model prisoner. In 2019, the Thief is released on parole, and through circumstances beyond her control, Rory, a nonpracticing lawyer, becomes his attorney. Soon she's immersed in trying to figure out exactly what happened to Angela. Donlea smoothly mixes red herrings and genuine clues. Notwithstanding some unanswered questions left hanging at the end, readers who relish a good puzzle will be rewarded.
Customer Reviews
Good characters
Liked the characters and use of different time periods. Wish there was a bit more build and chapters from the killer in question’s perspective. Good writing and imagery.
You know when people say “Never saw it coming! Amazing!”
This was truly a book like that. The characters were complex and interesting ; the plot was plausible, unpredictable and an intricate web that left you fully satisfied with the ending. This is a fantastic story. In fact, the best story I’ve read in a very long time.