A Darker Side of Paradise

Dark but Compelling Ellory’s “A Darker Side of Paradise” is a deep dive into police work — painstaking research, interviews and frustration garnering tiny bits of progress toward the resolution of a serial killer. What is it like to confront evil? This story must be very close to the bone.......more

A visceral, dark, and haunting read where our protagonist must hunt evil incarnate through decades of killing all in the name of “God.” RJ Ellory has written some of the best thrillers of this generation, but “Paradise” may be his very best. There are so many twists, all Perfectly placed, and an endi......more

I didn’t think this author could surpass his last two books: The Bell Tower and The Last Highway—but I was wrong. A Darker Side of Paradise is, in my view, a masterpiece. The story follows Rachel Hoffman, a new police officer who responds to a murder scene and discovers a note beside the body quoting......more

R J Ellory's best novel so far. As someone who has now read 15 of Roger’s novels, and equally, as someone who reads over a hundred books a year, I believe I am well equipped to make the following evaluation. Roger is one of a comparatively small percentage of writers who consistently delivers quality......more

If you haven't yet tried anything by R.J Ellory yet, please do! You are missing a real treat and this is possibly one of his best - difficult to call as they are ALL so good! This is a beautifully crafted story (as his always are) written in a way which drags you in to what is happening, the area it......more