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A New York Times Bestseller

“A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter

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?

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.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

"Listeners will enjoy a gripping and twisty story." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)

Reviewer: Brian Pace
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fast Read
Review: Read this book in 24 hours and it certainly didn’t disappoint! The beginning started off slow, as the background was being built, and it took me a while to realized what was past and present in the beginning chapters. However, this book had major twist and turns and kept me wanting more. Great read!

Reviewer: Darren M. Reed
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great psychological suspense novel with an explosion of twists
Review: This was an excellent psychological suspense book that lived up the genre! A lot of plot twists with excellent writing leading the reader to make incorrect assumptions….The protagonist Chloe clearly has issues stemming from her PTSD. She uses drugs prescription drugs (prescribed from herself) to self medicate her pain. She rationalizes her use like an addict does (I should know I am in long-term recovery). Early in the book you get the feeling that she had some type of obsession with the first girl that went missing from her childhood; Lena. Since this is a psychological thriller my first though of course is that perhaps Chloe has more to do with it than we are led to believe? Especially since she admits wondering if she always knows the difference between reality and her mind…Chloe is the daughter of a convicted serial killer. Her father is serving life in prison for the murder of six girls that were never found.As the book unfolds we learn that Chloe’s fiancé Daniel is has secrets. His whereabouts are not clear or much about his background. When girls start to go missing in the present time he is also awfully familiar with the new case even when he was out of state. Is he involved?Then there is Lena’s father… He seems like the obvious suspect…The book is very enjoyable. My only complaint is how the author depicts Chloe’s prescription drug abuse. She (perhaps unknowingly) normalizes the use of benzos‘s. I wouldn’t say she’s glamorizing drug use but she’s falsifying the safety of it. As a person with love experience with drug and alcohol misuse and a substance use disorder professional I can say that people that abuse drug and alcohol (and make no mistake her use is definitely abuse) for the period of time that she has been -since her college days; escalate into full-blown addiction long before now. The author makes it appear that she can just pop a happy pill whenever she needs and she floats away blissfully without addiction.. Again, I know this was written this way to add to the suspense to add confusion, question reality but as a SUD professional I never like people to think this is normal…Ok enough of my soapbox.. I definitely would recommend this book to anyone look for a good Psychological Suspense read…Read on for some minor spoilers…I feel the very first misdirection the author wants us to go on is questioning Daniel. Chloe‘s brother Cooper has always had her back really doesn’t like him and we keep getting replays of the conversation see it had about Daniel‘s character.After girls start to go missing Chloe receives a call from a reporter from the New York Times wanting to meet and discuss her father and the correlation to the new cases. He believes there is a copycat killer which starts Chloe‘s investigative mind.Then and at the same time the author clearly wants us to think Lena’s dad is the killer Because of his past, his involvement with the family that came out after Chloe’s father was arrested. And later after she confronts him in the present time comments you makes makes him sound like a cold blooded murder. Too me it seems TO OBVIOUS…Read on for more spoilersAfter Chloe‘s altercation with Lena‘s father she’s sure he is the copycat killer and goes to the police. They seem agitated that she didn’t come forward sooner but say they will follow up. As time goes by they do come back to her and explain that the father turned it around and made her sound crazy. They also bring up her past in college that had a similar situation that actually does make Chloe look like the crazy one. The police basically tell her to mind her own business and stay out of the keys.Then in a sudden jerk you are routed in a different direction… Chloe finds one of the missing girls pieces of jewelry in Daniel’s box in their closet just like she did when she was a child of her own father. Now, she’s certain her fiancé Daniel is the killer.She goes to her journalist friend and shares this revelation and they began to investigate this by visiting Daniels hometown and his mother. This leads to evidence to bolster her believe that Daniel is the killer.However, in a good psychological suspense novel things are never what they seem even when the book is near the end.. the last 20% of the book is explosive with so many revelations that ties everything together…

Reviewer: Crystal Bell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good
Review: Very good story line. There were times that had confused me in parts of the book, I didn’t really get the transitions sometimes but the story was great and I picked up her next book also. Worth the read.

Reviewer: LA FEMME READERS REVIEWS
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A decent suspense story...
Review: When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life. Now twenty years later, Chloe finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve. 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 there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?A FLICKER IN THE DARK is a multifaceted story of Chloe's trauma and how it escalates due to the missing local teenagers. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be a serial killer's daughter. Understandably, she would have some issues. Chloe grows up to be a psychologist who abuses pills to numb her anxiety. Unfortunately, one of her patients becomes a victim, and Chloe is left to piece together similar killings and figure out who is behind these murders. While I did not particularly connect with Chloe's character, I did find some aspects of her relatable to a certain extent.Despite the slow pacing of the narrative, it did eventually pick up the pace, revealing a somewhat predictable twist. Although I had a hunch about the direction it was taking, I still enjoyed building up the suspense along the way. Overall, FLICKER IN THE DARK was a reasonable read, but unfortunately, I found it to be forgettable. In comparison, her other novel, ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS, is a more compelling recommendation.

Reviewer: Greg R
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good, a little slow at times
Review: It's a good book, an interesting read, a nice twist to the plot that I didn't see coming. Sometimes it felt like just a lot of backstory and character building that I didn't need though.

Reviewer: Palpauly
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Couldn’t Stop Reading
Review: I loved the book. Character building was excellent. Never would’ve guessed the outcome. It kept me wanting to keep reading but didn’t expect the twists and turns toward the end. Great writing!

Reviewer: Meghan
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing
Review: The ending got me—I didn’t see it coming! A must read. Willingham’s writing is perfection. The depth of the main character was incredible and the detailed storyline really kept me intrigued throughout the whole book. I thought I figured it out…but I hadn’t. That character had STRENGTH.

Reviewer: kelsii sinnott
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: amazing
Review: Best book ever! I would recommend to any one who likes mystery and serial killers. I couldn’t find any flaws in the book!

Reviewer: Victoria V
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It definitely had a twist I wasn’t expecting.

Reviewer: Isabella
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I loved the plot and the characters. A really page-turner.

Reviewer: Kate
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: There was a big buzz around A Flicker In The Dark when it was first released, and I'm only sorry it's taken me two and a half years to get round to reading it. It's Stacy Willingham’s's debut novel and it really shows off what a talented author she is. A Flicker In The Dark looks at the serial killer novel from a unique angle and it's full of atmospheric scenes, tension and intrigue.A Flicker In The Dark is written in first person from the perspective of Chloe, the daughter of a convicted serial killer. It's clear fairly early on that Chloe has experienced a lot of trauma and mental health struggles, and this did make me wonder if her narrative was reliable, particularly as the story gathered pace. Stacy Willingham has created some really interesting characters in this novel, and I really enjoyed getting to know what made them tick. I wasn't always sure which characters I could trust, which made the story fascinating to read as the different elements came together.I can't really write about the plot in detail for the risk of spoilers, but it's fair to say that Stacy Willingham’s plotting is magnificent. I owe her a massive apology, because at the halfway point, this review was set to be very different, as I thought I had everything wrapped up and worked out - but I'm very pleased to have egg on my face!I'm looking forward to reading more of this author's work!

Reviewer: Amazonshopper
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very exciting ! Once you started you dont want to put in down.

Reviewer: Sandy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is a must read for all the thriller lovers. The plot is perfect and 5 stars for story telling and twists. The book stayed on my mind long after finishing as well