Darkness, My Old Friend: A Novel

by Lisa Unger Narrated by Nancy Linari

Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies and Fragile returns to The Hollows in a thriller that explores matters of faith, memory, and sacrifice.

“Will have you racing to the last page.”-Michael Connelly
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After giving up his post at the Hollows Police Department, Jones Cooper is at loose ends. He is having trouble facing a horrible event from his past and finding a second act. He's in therapy. Then, on a brisk October morning, he has a visitor.*Eloise Montgomery, the psychic who plays a key role in Fragile, comes to him with predictions about his future, some of them dire.

Michael Holt, a young man who grew up in The Hollows, has returned looking for answers about his mother, who went missing many years earlier. He has hired local PI Ray Muldune and psychic Eloise Montgomery to help him solve the mystery that has haunted him. What he finds might be his undoing.

Fifteen-year-old Willow Graves is exiled to The Hollows from Manhattan when six months earlier she moved to the quiet town with her novelist mother after a bitter divorce. Willow is acting out, spending time with kids that bring out the worst in her. And when things get hard, she has a tendency to run away-a predilection that might lead her to dark places.

Set in The Hollows, the backdrop for Fragile, this is the riveting story of lives set on a collision course with devastating consequences.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Willow spots a man digging up a dead body, then drops her cell phone as she flees. He returns it, explaining to her mom that he was hunting for an abandoned mine shaft. He also explains that he has been trying to figure out what happened to his long-gone mother; a psychic he's hired has a vision of a man named Jones, who's just resigned as Chief of Police because he was involved in a young woman's death. Okay, now you know why the publisher calls Unger's plots surprising. There's definitely something creepy going on in this latest from the New York Times best seller; read it to find out what, and let's hope Unger can take care of all those complications. With a reading group guide.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169208245
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/09/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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