Vražedná temnota je siedmy diel krimi série od Lisy Regan, v ktorom skúsená detektívka Josie Quinnová začína vyšetrovanie po nájdení nehybného tela mladého manželského páru držiaceho sa za ruky. Pitva a objav tretieho spacáku naznačia, že v osudnú noc mohla byť prítomná ďalšia osoba; vyšetrovanie vedie do lesa, jaskýň a k izolovanej komunite Útočisko. Prípad zosilňuje napätie tým, že vyvoláva pochybnosti o tom, kto hovorí pravdu, a zároveň núti Josie čeliť svojej vlastnej krutej minulosti a démonom. Knihu odporúčam milovníkom pútavých detektívok; autorkin štýl, krátke kapitoly a nečakané zvraty zabezpečujú rýchle a napínavé čítanie.
Detektívka Josie Quinnová sa po nájdení tel á Valerie a Tylera Yatesovcov v lese domnieva, že nejde o náhodu, ale o úmyselnú otravu. Pitva potvrdí, že Valerie mala po smrti v hrdle zastrčený prívesok, naznačujúci, že v noci ohňa mohol byť prítomný ešte niekto. Indície vedú k mladej dievčine, ktorá vie viac, než hovorí, no následne je nájdená mŕtva s rovnakým príveskom. Josie musí riešiť tento prípad predtým, než zomrie ďalší nevinný človek.
As the sun rises, the last glow of the campfire is just visible through the mist and the trees. The young couple are laid out on their backs beside the small blue tent, their hands clasped between them, their eyes open, their hearts cold… When a park ranger… ...
As the sun rises, the last glow of the campfire is just visible through the mist and the trees. The young couple are laid out on their backs beside the small blue tent, their hands clasped between them, their eyes open, their hearts cold…
When a park ranger stumbles across the bodies of newlyweds Valerie and Tyler Yates by a creek in the small town of Denton, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. Still reeling from the news that her abusive mother is dying, Josie suspects this is more than just accidental poisoning, and she’s right: someone jammed a crudely carved pendant necklace down Valerie’s throat before she died.
Combing the area, Josie’s team discover a third sleeping bag indicating there could have been an extra guest around the fire that night. A lucky escape? A missing victim? Or a suspect on the run? Finding this person is the key to the entire investigation…
The trail leads Josie to the gates of a farmhouse hidden deep within the forest – a special place where people go to escape, and to hide. There is a young girl there with frightened eyes and bandaged wrists who knows more than she is saying, but the next day she’s found dead, choked with a matching necklace…
With her mother’s life hanging by a thread, Josie has an impossible decision to make as she races to find the meaning of the pendant and catch this twisted killer before another innocent life is taken – but is she already too late?
An addictive and gripping crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Readers who love Robert Dugoni, Angela Marsons and Rachel Caine will be sleeping with the lights on after this rollercoaster of a read.
