Debra's Reviews > What Lies in Darkness

Jess Lambert is back in the gripping and shocking second installment in the Jess Lambert series!!! Woohoo! Christina McDonald did not disappoint!

What Lies in Darkness begins with sixteen-year-old Alice being found on the side of the road after surviving a horrible car accident. The accident left many scratching their heads as her parents and younger sister, Ella, were missing from the accident scene and have not been seen since.

It has been a year since the accident and Alice is still coping with her family's loss. When she and her friends find Ella's blood covered backpack in an abandoned house, Detective Jess Lambert is called in to investigate.

What follows is a gripping tale of secrets, lies, deception, guilt, and coercion. As with the first book in the series, These Still Black Waters, I was fully invested in this well written and well thought out book. Both Jess and Alice have suffered loss, and both are haunted by those they loved and lost. I thought Christina McDonald did a great job depicting loss and how it impacted the lives of both Alice and Jess.

This book has plenty of twists, turns, and reveals. There is also tension and suspense as the book gets closer to the end. The characters have a lot going on in their lives and they are all interconnected in some way. I enjoyed being a fly on the wall as everything unfolded.

This book is told through the POV's of Alice, Jess, and Laura. It is also told through past and present timelines giving readers background and a closer look at all the characters. I enjoyed doing my own super sleuthing along with Jess. I guessed whodunit it but not the reason why.

Gripping, suspenseful and hard to put down!

4.5 stars

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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