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A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel par Stacy…
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A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel (original 2021; édition 2022)

par Stacy Willingham (Auteur)

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"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. 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?"--… (plus d'informations)
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Titre:A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel
Auteurs:Stacy Willingham (Auteur)
Info:Minotaur Books (2022), Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC), 368 pages
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I had to put this book down to process what was happening/ scream at the stupidity of the main character at least 20 times. But I definitely did not see the ending coming, and I think I can excuse anything I disliked just by knowing this is the authors debut novel.
I am looking forward to what more she comes up with as she gets more experience. ( )
  vernilla | May 6, 2024 |
Thank you BOTM for this early release! It's a page turner with an unexpected ending. ( )
  Chrissylou62 | Apr 11, 2024 |
Ooh, this is a fun one! Debut author Stacy Willingham knocked A Flicker in the Dark out of the park.

Chloe Davis has spent the past 20 years doing everything she can to get past the events that occurred during the summer when she was 12, when her father was arrested and convicted as a serial killer of six 15-year old girls in their small town of ten thousand people. Following her dad’s arrest and conviction, Chloe’s mom stopped actively living and caring for her children, 12-year old Chloe and 15-year old Cooper.

Chloe becomes a psychologist and meets the man of her dreams, Daniel. But within the month prior to their wedding, girls that had ties to Chloe begin to turn up missing; just like before.

This is a fast-paced book filled with just enough this and that to keep you guessing who really done it - after all, Chloe’s dad has been in the maximum security prison for the past 20-years, so he can’t be the new killer. And does that mean he wasn’t the original killer?

I can say I did not guess who the culprit was, I thought I knew where it was going, just as the author wanted me to—well done!

If you are a Lisa Gardner fan, you will LOVE this book. I can’t wait to read another from Stay Willingham. ( )
  LyndaWolters1 | Apr 3, 2024 |
For a debut novel, Stacy Willingham knocked this one right out of the park! The pages pulled me in right from the beginning and still clinging on right until the end. And the end, wow, lots of twists that you won't see coming. I loved the personal details that she gave to he characters, to really give them a personal feeling from the reader's standpoint. Chloe, she definitely has some serious issues, but I was still pulling for her right until the very end. This is definitely a book worth reading! ( )
  CrystalR68 | Feb 20, 2024 |
An amazing debut....

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham is an amazing psychological thriller by a debut author. The characters, the plot, and the climax—everything is just perfect, like a motion picture. The plot engages you right from the start and keeps you on edge with every page. All the characters are distinct and have a storyline. And the best thing is that all of them are under suspicion. Chloe's character was so interesting. She is not perfect; she has problems, which eventually set the plot on fire. And when you think everything is resolved, the author drops the final bomb.

Stacy Willingham's writing style is excellent, giving the characters a shade of darkness. And the book keeps getting better and better. I must say that it is one of the best thrillers I have read this year. Definitely, the book deserves 5 stars. ( )
  Sucharita1986 | Feb 2, 2024 |
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I make my way toward my car, hands in my pockets, watching as dusk smears the horizon with pinks and yellows and oranges - one last moment of colour before the darkness settles in again, the way it always does. And that's when I notice it: the air around me buzzing with that familiar electrical charge. I stop, stand completely still, watching. Waiting. And then I cup my hands and grab at the sky, feeling a slight fluttering in my palms as I squeeze them shut. I stare down into my clenched fingers, at the thing I have trapped inside. At the life, quite literally, that rests in my hands. Then I bring it up to my face, peering through the tiny hole between my fingers.
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I eyed her carefully, her flat stomach sticking out from beneath a skintight henley that looked two sizes too small, pushing her cleavage up through the buttons. I caught a glimpse of something sparkly on her stomach - a belly-button ring - and I immediately snapped my head back up, trying not to stare. She smiled at me, lifting the bottle to her lips. I watched a bead of liquid dribble down her chin before she wiped it with her middle finger. “Do you like it?” She pulled her shirt up, rolled the diamond between her fingers. There was a charm dangling beneath it, some kind of bug. “It”s a firefly,” she said, reading my mind. “They're my favourite. It glows in the dark.” She cupped her hands around her stomach and motioned for me to peek through; I did, my forehead pressed against the edges of her hands. Inside, the bug had turned a bright, neon green. “I like to catch them”, she said, looking down at her stomach. “Put them in a jar.” “I do, too,” I said, still peeking through the hole in her hands. It reminded me of the fireflies that emerged in our trees at night, the way I would run through the darkness, swatting at them like I was swimming through stars. “And then I take them out and squish them between my fingers. Did you know you can write your name on the sidewalk with their glow?” I winced; I couldn't imagine squishing a bug with my bare hands, listening to it pop. But that did seem kind of cool, getting to rub its liquid between my fingers, watching it radiate up close, pg 73
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"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. 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?"--

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