MYSTERY

A Flicker in the Dark

by Stacy Willingham
Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Jan. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9781250803825. $27.99. SUSPENSE
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DEBUT Willingham’s novel explores the post-traumatic stress disorder experienced by those left in the wake of a serial killer. Chloe is a 32-year-old medical psychologist living in Baton Rouge, LA, who appears to have it together. However, she self-medicates to deal with the anxiety she feels because of trauma experienced when she was 12 years old. That was when Chloe’s father was convicted of murdering six girls in the small town of Breaux Bridge, and she and her family were left to pick up the pieces. Now, as the 20th anniversary of the killings approaches, a girl goes missing very close to Chloe’s home and office. Chloe comes to suspect that the disappearance is connected to her father.
VERDICT A great addition to any mystery/psychological thriller collection, with an unforgettable character haunted by her past in an authentic Louisiana setting, which ups the creep factor.
Reviewed by Lacey Webster, Acadia Parish Library, Crowley, LA , Dec 01, 2021
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