Dark and Secret Place, A, Jen Williams
Dark and Secret Place, A, Jen Williams
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Dark and Secret Place, A

Author: Jen Williams

Narrator: Lorna Bennett

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2021


Synopsis

When prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home after her mother's baffling suicide, she makes an alarming discoverystacks and stacks of carefully preserved letters from notorious serial killer Michael Reave. The Red Wolf, as he was dubbed by the press, has been in prison for over twenty years, serving a life sentence for the gruesome and ritualistic murders of several women across the country, although he has always protested his innocence. The police have had no reason to listen, yet Heather isn't the only one to have cause to re-examine the murders. The body of a young woman has just been found, dismembered and placed inside a tree, the corpse planted with flowers. Just as the Red Wolf once did. What did Heather's mother know? Why did she kill herself? And with the monstrous Red Wolf safely locked inside a maximum-security prison, who is stalking young women now? Teaming up with DI Ben Parker, Heather hopes to get some answers for herself and for the newest victims of this depraved murderer. Yet to do that, she must speak to Michael Reave herself, and expose herself to truths she may not be ready to face. Something dark is walking in the woods, and it knows her all too well.

About Jen Williams

JEN WILLIAMS started writing about pirates and dragons as a young girl and hasn't ever stopped. Her short stories have featured in numerous anthologies and her debut novel, The Copper Promise, was published in 2014 to huge acclaim. Jen was nominated in the Best Newcomer category at the 2015 British Fantasy Awards and her following two novels, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide were both shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards Novel of the Year. Jen lives in London with her partner and their cat.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on August 09, 2022

Yessssss! This is haunted! So bleak, incredibly dark, soul crushingly disturbing story may give you long and endless nightmares! Ladies and gentlemen, I can honestly announce that I found a great gem to read on Halloween month! Its genre is more closer to psychological thriller and mystery but there......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 09, 2020

I really thought this was going to be a 4-star read...until everything I liked about the book vanished. Heather returns home after her mother shockingly commits suicide. There were no signs to look out for, and she can’t wrap her head around it. While clearing up her mother’s home, she finds a tin w......more

Goodreads review by preoccupiedbybooks on June 12, 2021

A slow building, and intense psychological thriller with some dark and disturbing scenes How well do you know your family?! Heather Evans returns home after her mother, Colleen's shocking death. Whilst going through her mother's belongings, Heather discovers letters between Colleen and the notorio......more

Goodreads review by Sheyla ✎ on November 19, 2020

A serial killer is targeting young women. After he kills them, he arranges flowers onto the corpses. He cares more about them dead than alive. The gruesome discoveries mimicked the same pattern once used by serial killer, Michael Reave, the Red Wolf. Yet, Michael is in prison, so who is killing them......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on July 22, 2021

US title : A Dark and Secret Place. Heather Evans returns to her family home after the suicide of her mother Colleen, who leaves behind a puzzling, enigmatic note. Heather discovers some letters written to Colleen by the ‘Red Wolf’, serial killer Michael Reave and shortly after this discovery it bec......more