Darkness My Old Friend by Lisa Unger is a 2011 publication.
Jones Cooper is now retired, but it’s not going well. He’s looking for a purpose, while hiDarkness My Old Friend by Lisa Unger is a 2011 publication.
Jones Cooper is now retired, but it’s not going well. He’s looking for a purpose, while his wife insists he continue seeing his therapist. An opportunity presents itself when a renowned psychic approaches him with a dire warning, and he is lured into a the private detective sector. The case in question is a cold case surrounding the mysterious disappearance of a woman who was thought to have walked out on her husband and kids never to be seen or heard from again. Now that the woman’s husband has died, her son has returned to settle his affairs, but he seems more interested in digging around some old mines than getting the house ready for sale. His odd behavior is noticed by a teenage girl quite by accident and could inadvertently put her in danger…
I have noticed while culling through my TBR list this past year, and now looking through the hundreds of books on my Kindle, that I tend to hoard books by specific authors. I’m not sure why I do that, but I know I love their work and will want to read anything they write. Maybe I want to store them up for a rainy day or want to have a good selection to choose from without having to wait for their next book to come out. I don’t know- but Lisa Unger is one of those authors. This book has been sitting around on my Kindle for a good long while and took me back to Hollows- a setting I was familiar with back when I first discovered this author.
This story took me a while to get into, though, as I was unsure how the various seemingly disconnected threads were going to merge. For a long time it all felt too disjointed, but eventually, I was able to see where the threads were beginning to merge- though one of the threads still didn't quite fit in with the cold case in question.
I suspected the outcome early on but liked the way all was revealed and the positive way the story ends for our hero.
I can’t say this was one of my favorites by this author, but I still enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading through some of her backlisted titles this summer.
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