A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

When I realized who she was, her introduction seemed somewhat forced. It wasn’t until my sister started the book and mentioned that she has the same name as our also social-media-obsessed cousin that I remembered that she had been mentioned before she was taken. Honestly, when Riley was taken I had no idea who she was. I’m glad it wasn’t the sort of book that “surprises” the reader with a culprit that isn’t even a character we know, though.

I didn’t suspect Aaron, and thought that twist was more surprising. It was too early in the book for it to be him–turns out I fell for the red herring! Although I considered Cooper as a suspect since he was the only one around both in the past and present besides the invalid mother, I thought that answer was too obvious. I suspected Daniel throughout the first few chapters, but as soon as Chloe began to I changed my mind. Her dad was released, but she was still mad at him for lying. She drugged him so that he couldn’t hurt her, but it’s unclear if he died or just passed out and went to prison. The Ending:Ĭhloe got Cooper to confess on the security camera with the detective listening. Cooper had been trying to set Daniel up by making Aaron kill the girls. He also knew that Chloe’s brother Cooper had been the one who killed the girls in the past, their father taking the fall.

Daniel had helped his sister escape their abusive father–he didn’t kill her. Later, she confronts Daniel about why he has his dead sister’s ring. Chloe shot him when she realized what had happened. He kidnapped Chloe’s friend’s daughter Riley and was keeping her in Chloe’s old house. He was a boy from Chloe’s hometown, the one who was stalking Chloe’s house after her father’s arrest. It was Aaron, the reporter, killing the girls in present day.

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham