Chasing Darkness - Softcover

Girard, Danielle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451410238 ISBN 13: 9780451410238

Publisher: Onyx, 2002

Synopsis

A special agent with the Department of Justice and dedicated to raising her orphaned nephews, Sam Chase finds herself the only link between the murders of two women from her past, crimes that bear the signature of an executed serial killer, and the dark secrets that haunt her past. Original.

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From Publishers Weekly

In this taut psychological thriller, Girard (Ruthless Game) portrays the effects of child abuse with clarity and honesty, demonstrating how some victims turn into victimizers while others choose to guard the innocent. Samantha Chase, a special agent for the Department of Justice and a former homicide detective, spends her time apprehending child abusers and caring for her orphaned twin nephews. At all times she represses her own traumatic childhood experiences and maintains an aloof distance from her colleagues, friends and family. But when a copycat killer begins targeting women who are connected to Sam through her cases, her life starts to unravel. Her colleagues wonder what she's hiding behind her icy veneer could she be a rogue cop? and a single-minded police chief who's convinced of her guilt is determined to put her away. Sam's primary ally is her ex-lover, Detective Nick Thomas, but his lingering affection for her may place her life in jeopardy. As Sam and Nick come nearer to uncovering the killer, disturbing secrets about Sam's past and her nephews' bleak childhood come to light. Girard maintains the novel's swift pacing and high tension, but a too perfect denouement detracts from the stark, realistic canvas she has created. Still, this is a compelling thriller and a skillful treatment of a difficult topic.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review

PRAISE FOR DANIELLE'S BOOKS:
 
"Utterly riveting [and] brilliantly plotted. A gritty new cop series that can beat out the "old boys network" any day of the week."
~Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author 
 
"High Speed. High Stakes. High Suspense."
~Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author 
   
"Compelling and compassionate, with three of the strongest female characters to have graced the genre in years." 
~John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author 
 
"...a fast-paced,what's-going-to-happen-next story that grabs your curiosity and your emotions, and then shakes the hell out of both." 
~Jonathon King, Edgar Award-Winning Author of Midnight Guardians 

About this edition

• Publisher: Onyx
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0451410238
• ISBN 13: 9780451410238
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368