All the Dark Places

De: Terri Parlato

Narrado por: Christina Moore, Stephanie Cozart

A savage murder rocks a quiet Massachusetts suburb, revealing the dark secrets at the center of a group of friends and setting two women–one with a traumatic past, the other a Boston police detective–on a hunt for truth in this stylish debut thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena...

Snow falls softly outside Molly Bradley’s home on a frigid January night. Inside, half a dozen close friends are gathered to celebrate the fortieth birthday of Molly’s psychologist husband, Jay. Candlelight gleams against dark wood, wine flows, and the house rings with laughter. Everybody loves Jay, Molly most of all. Yet next morning, Molly discovers Jay dead on the floor of his office, his throat brutally slashed.

After decades working with the Boston PD, Detective Rita Myers has grown accustomed to the banality of evil—the murders that make no sense beyond bad luck or a tragic brush with the worst of humanity. But Jay Bradley’s murder isn’t random, or a mere crime of opportunity. Rita is convinced that someone in the couple’s small circle killed him. Someone who was celebrating with them that night.

Devastated, Molly tries to make sense of her husband’s death. Jay was her rock, the only person who really understood the nightmare she lived through long ago. He knew the horrors she’s kept hidden even from her friends. But shocking revelations are making her question if Jay was all he seemed to be—and whether someone else knows her past too. And until Molly figures out who she can really trust, she won’t be able to stop herself becoming the next target . . .

©2022 Terri Parlato (P)2022 Recorded Books

Good pace, believable characters

I've only recently gotten into mysteries, and I get very anxious if things have too much angst in them. This book had a good flow from beginning to end, with a nice buildup of characters. Was a true whodunit that allowed you to think certain characters may be the culprit without being blatantly obvious or a surprise out of the blue that there's no way it could have been solved by the reader. Good balance.

interesting story

A good mystery with realistic characters. A nice ending that isn't as predictable as thought! Enjoyable female detective.

Good story and characters

I was anxious to see ‘who dun it’ and enjoyed Rita’s character and learning more about Molly.

One good narrator, one bad narrator. Ok story

The narrator of the Rita sections of the story was fabulous and the only reason I finished the book. Molly narrator was not at all believable and I never warmed to her character and the molly sections of the story seemed not as well written as Rita the tough cop and I think the reason was the narrator.

Meh

After a promising start the story petered out quickly. It was okay entertainment but not great. The narrator seemed to do fairly well with a couple of voices but overall, not great either; a valiant effort though.

Enjoyable

The double narration was nice. I mostly listen while traveling to and from work so hearing the different voices helped jog my memory where I was in the story.

Story was solid. Parts were a little bland from the over detailing but wasn't terrible.

Excellent

Great narration by both women. At times the story can be hard to follow because there are so many characters, but that does not diminish the mystery and intrigue. I will seek out the author’s other titles.

Whodunnit

I like a good whodunnit and this was pretty good. My biggest criticism was the number of names to keep straight. We're introduced to 8 couples early on, all by their first names. I never remembered who went with who. And at the end of the book, they were referred to by the police who were interrogating them, as Mr "fill in the last name."
The story was okay and my curiosity about WHO was the murderer, kept me going.

This book really kept me guessing.

It was a little difficult to keep track of the character’s. Overall I loved this! Couldn’t stop listening.

I loved the double narration and both ladies were believable. I’ll listen to them again for sure.

I liked the whole story with lots of skeletons in perfectly seeming couples. I just had a hard time keeping the names straight, and at the end when the detectives referred to them as Mr. and Mrs. I had no idea who was who. Otherwise very well written. I’m so glad I listened to the audible version. It really brought the characters to life.