The Familiar Dark: A Novel (Unabridged) The Familiar Dark: A Novel (Unabridged)

The Familiar Dark: A Novel (Unabridged‪)‬

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    • $12.99

Publisher Description

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller)

"From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists."–Associated Press

A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground.


Sometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it's better not to know.

Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, The Familiar Dark opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson.

The Familiar Dark is a story about the bonds of family—women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances—as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
NARRATOR
LF
Lisa Flanagan
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
06:51
hr min
RELEASED
2020
March 31
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
208.8
MB

Customer Reviews

wmorse1985 ,

Had potential

It was slow to start with the author really wanting the reader to understand the terrible upbringing of the main character. A bit repetitive at this point. Then one surprise is revealed and now it’s getting good. I was held in suspense until the big reveal. Wait...WHAT! No, not buying it. Came out of left field. Disappointed.

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