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 Darkness Peering byAlice Blanchard Bantam Books 464 pages, 2000 ISBN 0553581295 Reviewed by PJ Nunn Police Chief Nalan Storrow thought he’d left violence behind when he moved his family to the small community of Flowering Dogwood, Maine. But a dead girl lying face up beside the pond in the heart of Flowering Dogwood is proof to the contrary. Worse – Nalan’s investigation leads him step by step closer to a killer, and the prime suspect is his own son Billy. Eighteen years later, Rachel Storrow, Nalan’s grown daughter, is on the same police force. Questioning the circumstances from long ago that led to her father’s death and left the tragic case unsolved, Rachel reopens the investigation. Almost immediately, another young woman disappears and once again, Billy is a suspect. Rachel was just a child the first time, but now she’ll have to face the unvarnished truth, even if it destroys all that remains of her family. Darkness Peering is an apt title. Blanchard has successfully crafted a thriller that hits hard from the outset and maintains varying levels of suspense throughout. She gives just enough information to highlight a suspect, then pulls back and takes another direction, always leaving the threat of a sinister shadow lurking just beyond your field of vision. It’s that driving motivation that forces you to keep searching until you’ve uncovered the secret, even when you’re terrified of what that secret might be. The ending is a bit anticlimactic after the intensity of the ride, but the trip is well worth the read. |
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