A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham (2022)
A Flicker in the Dark is a thriller narrated by Chloe Davis, a psychologist from the small bayou town of Breaux Bridge, but now living and working in Baton Rouge. When she was a young girl, her life was shattered when her father, Dick Davis, convicted of the murder of several teenaged girls. Chloe was the one who turned her father into the police, an act that follows her where ever she goes.
Now as the twentieth anniversary of her father’s conviction and incarceration, more teenaged girls go missing. Chloe is haunted by memories of the past with the news of more missing girls. She is further troubled when Aaron Jansen, a reporter for the New York Times, approaches her for an interview for an anniversary story about the original murders.
Due to her past, Chloe has had a hard maintaining long-term relationships, so when she meets Daniel Briggs, he seems to be her savior. She withholds telling him the full story of her childhood and her infamous father, however. Daniel’s sister also vanished twenty years earlier and Chloe wonders if there may be a link to the earlier murders.
I picked up this book solely because it takes place in Baton Rouge and Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. The author description of the bayous and marshes of Louisiana in a way that the reader feels the humidity and moss covered trees. It was a very quick read and was filled with twists and turns.
Read: January 25, 2024
4.5 Stars
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