The Darkness of Others: A Thriller

by Cate Holahan, Jennifer Jill Araya (Read by), Chant McCormick (Read by)

Overview

USA Today bestselling author Cate Holahan delivers her latest nail-biting thriller, perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.
 
Imani Banks lives in a posh Brooklyn Heights neighborhood that has just been rocked to its core. An acclaimed movie director has been murdered, and his blond trophy wife—Imani’s closest friend—is missing. Their neighbors, along with the media, jump to the conclusion that Melissa Walker has killed her husband in a fit of rage and is on the run.
     Fortunately for the missing actress, Imani is a psychiatrist as well as a steadfast friend. She will never give up her search and is determined to prove Melissa’s innocence. It shouldn’t take a degree in human behavior to know that Melissa would never leave her daughter behind. 
     Recently, Imani and her chef husband rented some extra rooms in their house to a struggling waitress from his restaurant. Tonya Sayre has moved in with her teen daughter and the convenient timing and her suspicious behavior soon lead Imani to suspect that the true killer is living right under her own roof. Now all she has to do is prove it.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781668617878
Publisher:	Hachette Book Group
Publication date:	08/23/2022
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cate Holahan is a USA Today bestselling author of psychological and domestic suspense novels. Her books have been an alternate selection of the Good Morning America Book Club (Her Three Lives), a Kirkus Best Book of the Year (The Widower’s Wife), an official selection for the Book of the Month Club (Lies She Told), and have received multiple starred reviews. A biracial Jamaican and Irish American writer, she is a member of Crime Writers of Color, Sisters in Crime, and The Authors Guild. She lives in NJ with her husband, two daughters, and food-obsessed dog.

Jennifer Jill Araya has been listening to audiobooks since she was a young child, so the fact that she gets to narrate them for a living is a dream come true. Trained as an opera singer and an orchestral cellist, she uses that experience to bring musicality and a depth of understanding to the recording booth. When not narrating, she can be found biking, running, hiking, or exploring with her husband in her home town of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Chanté McCormick is a Los Angeles-based actress and narrator who has a bachelor's degree in speech from Northwestern University's famed theater department. She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and the Actors Equity Association.

Editorial Reviews

"The Darkness of Others is a deftly plotted, smartly observed page-turner that manages to thrill at the same time as capture the emotional chaos of the early pandemic years."—Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author

"Cate Holahan just keeps getting better and better. Read her.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Fans of soapy domestic suspense will be well satisfied."—Publishers Weekly on Her Three Lives

"Cate Holahan is a hidden gem in the thriller world."—CrimeByTheBook.com on Her Three Lives

"The stuff of which blockbuster movies are made."—Midwest Book Review on Her Three Lives

"One of those rare thrillers that really will keep you reading all night, especially if you pack it to take on your next Caribbean cruise."—Kirkus (starred review) on The Widower's Wife

"A suffocating double nightmare."—Kirkus (starred review) on Lies She Told

“Cate Holahan is a star on the rise.”—Brad Parks, award-winning author of Interference

From the Publisher

2022-05-25
Less than a year into the pandemic, a wealthy filmmaker is shot dead and his wife goes missing, exposing the “deep darkness” at the heart of marriage, friendship, and professional relationships.

As bitter weather ushers in the first full winter of the pandemic, restaurants are hurting for business, and masks are still the normal accessory for any social interaction. Fear is already a bosom companion of most people’s lives—fear of illness, fear of eviction, fear of debt—so when a cleaning lady discovers the bloody body of movie director Nate Walker in his Brooklyn Heights town house, it’s another sign of how far removed people are from any sense of safety. Suspiciously, at least to the cops, no one can find Nate’s wife, Melissa, so her best friend, Imani Banks, steps in to break the news to their daughter. Meanwhile, Tonya Sayre, a single mom and struggling waitress, finds that a closely guarded secret about her daughter’s parentage may not be enough to guarantee her financial stability, so she throws herself on the mercy of the man who owns the restaurant where she works. The owner—Imani’s husband, Philip—is already dealing with his own financial troubles. Over the course of the next week, despite several misdirections and misunderstandings, Imani will fight to find Melissa and to clear her of suspicion. The chapters switch perspectives among many of the characters, but with a small cast, there’s not much mystery, really—or satisfying motive—to drive the action. The more interesting and psychologically engaging parts of the novel explore the pandemic’s effects on social and economic stability. The human capacity for selfishness and evil is a well-established reality, but the realities of loving and surviving in the midst of a global pandemic are still fresh and evolving themes.

Aims for biting commentary but falls short of revelation.

Kirkus Reviews