Title:- Things We Do in The Dark
Author:- Jennifer Hillier
Date published:- July 19th 2022
No. of pages:- 352 pages
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Plot:- 4/5
Writing:- 4/5
Overall rating:- 4/5
Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.
When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her—she knows she’ll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it’s not what worries her the most. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it’s only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she’s worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future.
Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. Reyes knows who Paris really is, and when she’s unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris’s secrets. Left with no other choice, Paris must finally confront the dark past she escaped, once and for all.
Because the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges.
This is the fifth book I have read from Jennifer Hillier and I have to say, I enjoyed reading her latest book! Although in my opinion, Jar of Hearts (if you haven’t read yet you MUST read it) is her best, this book actually will kept you right on the edge of the seat while reading this book.
The story starts with Paris Peralta, wife of a famous comedian and actor Jimmy Peralta covered with blood and arrested for her husband’s murder. With the media focused on the murder case, it will be time when Paris who have buried her past and started a new life might follow after her, threatening to ruin her future. Some twenty years ago, Ruby Reyes dubbed as the ‘Ice Queen’ brutally murdered a financier Charles Baxtor and on present day, she was released out on parole. Drew who is doing a podcast on Ruby is determined to unveil Ruby’s character as Ruby treated her own daughter Joey badly. Drew had known Joey for a long time.
What drew me into the story was the middle of the story. It did start out great with Paris locked up for the night and people don’t really believe in her story. The middle part of the story was interesting although you might wonder what the connection between Paris Peralta and Ruby Reyes’s cases is. The connection was revealed towards the end, which was actually a huge twist and from then on , it was impossible to put the book down. Reading about Joey Reyes was emotional and sad and I like how the whole story itself was realistic as a whole. The poll dancers descriptions were all realistic. Overall, I did enjoy reading her latest novel and cannot wait for her next one–worth four stars!
Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people, and then writes about it.
She’s the USA Today, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail bestselling author of Things We Do in the Dark, described as “an intoxicating thrill ride” by the New York Times and “propulsive and chilling” by People magazine. It was a Book of the Month Club selection, an Indigo Top Ten Best Book of the Year, an Amazon Editor’s Spotlight Pick, a Goodreads Choice Award nominee, a Loan Stars pick, and a her third consecutive novel to be honored as a LibraryReads pick, which places her in their Hall of Fame.
Jennifer is also the author of six other psychological thrillers. Her USA Today bestselling novel Little Secrets is currently being adapted for Peacock by Tish Cyrus’s Hopetown Entertainment, writer Melissa Scrivner Love and Universal Television, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Anthony Award. Jar of Hearts won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel and was also shortlisted for the Anthony and Macavity Awards. Her earlier novels are Creep, Freak, The Butcher, and Wonderland, the last of which will be published in mass market paperback and audiobook for the very first time in April 2023. Her books have been published in twenty-three languages so far.
Jennifer is Filipino-Canadian, born and raised in Toronto. She spent eight amazing years in Seattle which is where she first became a published writer. She’s a Seahawks fan who married to a Packers guy. They have a young son who looks most like her when he’s crying. She’s afraid of the dark and can’t sleep unless she’s checked the locks on the doors several times. She loves writing when it’s raining, sleeping when it’s sunny, and reading after everyone else has gone to bed. She cherishes her family (those who read, and those who don’t), and her friends (those who write, and those who don’t). She’s a cat person without a cat, which makes her sad. But she’s now back in the Toronto area permanently with her family, which makes her happy.
Her next novel is coming in 2024.
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