Audiobook Review: Dark Things

 

She wrote fiction for a living—until her own life became the plot twist.

When bestselling author Amy Willows vanishes without a trace, her disappearance is written off as a publicity stunt—until her daughter, Rylie, a struggling journalist, uncovers a digital breadcrumb trail leading to an enigmatic social media group her mother recently joined.

As Rylie plunges deeper into the group’s shadowy corners, she realizes Amy wasn’t just researching her next standalone novel—she was reliving it. With a disgruntled agent fuming over Amy’s decision to abandon her wildly successful series, and clues that suggest the standalone may be more confession than fiction, Rylie finds herself unraveling a twisted narrative written in secrets and stained in truth.

The deeper she digs, the more Rylie begins to fear: her mother’s past didn’t stay buried—and someone will do anything to keep it that way.

When a bestselling author vanishes, her daughter follows the digital trail—into a story darker than fiction.

My Review

What a way to start out a story. I was pulled in instantly to the circumstances surrounding Rylie's mother, Amy. What happened to her? Where is she? Did she "fake" her own disappearance? Will her next book be a top best seller? All these questions are answered in this story. 

While this is a suspense thriller, it also dissects the inner workings of family dynamics. There is the persona that people project to the outside world and then there is the one that people don't see behind closed doors. 

Narrator Abigail Reno and Sebastian York both do amazing voice work. They really helped to bring the audiobook to life. I did get swept into the story more by listening to them voice the characters. This is a twisty story that kept me very intrigued until the very end.