A Flicker in the Dark

by Stacy Willingham

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The past is never far behind in Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark. Willingham delivers in keeping us riveted as one timeline intersects with another.

A New York Times Bestseller

“A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?

From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250803849
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	56,807
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

STACY WILLINGHAM worked as a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies before deciding to write fiction full time. She earned her BA in Magazine Journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design. She currently lives in Charleston, SC with her husband, Britt, and Labradoodle, Mako. A Flicker in the Dark is her first novel.

Editorial Reviews

Advance Praise for A Flicker in the Dark

“Willingham skillfully intercuts Chloe’s anxious first-person narration in the present with flashbacks to her childhood, ratcheting up the tension. Atmospheric prose and abundant red herrings amplify the tale’s intensity. Willingham is a writer to watch.” —Publishers Weekly

“I have not felt this excited about a thriller in years. I could not put this book down. It's fabulous.” —Chelsea Cain

"Don't trust anyone in this wickedly good debut by Stacy Willingham. A twisty and propulsive thriller." —Peter Swanson

"A psychological thriller in the truest sense — an engaging, propulsive read, loaded with surprising twists, that genuinely thrills as it gets deep under the skin of its fascinating heroine, Chloe Davis. I tore through this book." —Alison Gaylin

"Haunting, lyrical and utterly compelling! These are just a few of the words of praise one could use to describe A Flicker in the Dark. Author Willingham takes us on an unstoppable journey through the psychology of evil, and of courage (in many senses), all told in a pitch-perfect literary style. Once you start reading, you will not put it down." —Jeffery Deaver

From the Publisher

08/01/2021

When Chloe Davis was 12, her father was convicted of killing six girls who vanished from their small Louisiana town. Now she's a Baton Rouge-based psychologist prepping for her wedding, and it's happening again: local teenage girls are starting to vanish. What's going on? A big debut with a 150,000-copy first printing.

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