Kept in the Dark

by Penny Hancock Narrated by Rosalyn Landor

Overview

When her neighbor's fifteen-year-old nephew goes missing, Sonia is the last person that anyone would ever suspect. At forty-three, she is a strikingly attractive wife and mother. And like the River House, her lovely home overlooking the Thames, Sonia's life is a picture of perfection and normalcy-until she meets Jez. From the moment he shows up on Sonia's doorstep, the gorgeous teenage boy awakens a torrent of memories that she has worked a lifetime to forget. Drawn to Jez by a compulsion that she scarcely understands, Sonia takes him captive-prepared to sacrifice everything to keep him.

Evocative of thrillers by Chevy Stevens and Sophie Hannah, Kept in the Dark is a haunting debut novel about obsession, desire, and the potential darkness in us all.

Editorial Reviews

Marie Claire (UK)

A clever, creepy thriller about misplaced affection and abduction…in clear, chilling prose.”

Booklist

Invites comparison to John Fowles’ The Collector, but Hancock gives her narrator, Sonia, a more complex motive, crafting a narrative that grows darker as its level of tension builds. An accomplished first novel that lingers in memory.”

Guardian (London)

This creepy, well-written debut is reminiscent of John Fowles’ The Collector…With Sonia, Hancock pulls off the considerable feat of ‘writing mad.’”

four-star review Daily Mirror (London)

A sparklingly creepy debut thriller with the most brilliant premise.”

author of the Trish Maguire Mysteries Natasha Cooper

A gripping account of a woman on the edge, who commits appalling crimes and offers them up in a tone of quietly rational domesticity.”

Daily Mail (London)

Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace, it lingers in the memory like a Schubert melody, and casts a distinctive spell.”

New York Times bestselling author S. J. Watson

Deliciously dark and richly evocative…Brilliantly written and totally gripping.”

The Sun (UK)

Pick of the Shelves 2012

The Daily Mail (UK)

“An impressive debut from a writer we’re certain to hear more about…There are hints of a young Daphne du Maurier in Hancock’s cool, evocative prose as she reveals the terrifying extent of Sonia’s obsession…Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace, it lingers in the memory like a Schubert melody, and casts a distinctive spell.

The Guardian (UK)

“This creepy, well-written debut is reminiscent of John Fowles’s The Collector…with Sonia, Hancock pulls off the considerable feat of “writing mad”.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169660258
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	08/28/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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