A tough special agent with the Department of Justice and a dedicated single mother to her orphaned nephews, Samantha Chase is unbreakable. Until two women, both from the shadows of Sam's past, are discovered strangled. For Sam, the most unnerving detail is the eucalyptus branch tucked behind the victims' ears - the signature of a notorious serial murderer already convicted and executed for his crimes.

To Detective Nick Thomas, the only link to the copycat killings is Sam herself. And when she becomes the target of threats - each one more menacing than the last - his feelings for her just might jeopardize the case.

But to understand the killer's twisted motive is to explore Sam's past - and a crime she's spent a lifetime trying to bury....

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Danielle Girard
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Listening Length	11 hours and 41 minutes
Author	Danielle Girard
Narrator	Nicol Zanzarella
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	October 30, 2018
Publisher	Tantor Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07J9JCYL4
Best Sellers Rank	#172,695 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #3,502 in Police Procedural Mysteries #6,742 in Romantic Suspense (Audible Books & Originals) #9,645 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)

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KSheldon

what a thriller

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2023

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Non-stop roller coaster ride from the beginning to the end. Well written murder mystery with twists and turns all the way to the end of the book.

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Teia Eaton

Unexpected heartache with love all around

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 4, 2022

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I didn't expect the ending and it was sad about their past but very good storyline. It breaks my heart to know these things happen everyday and no one knows! I pray for all who have survived as much and those that haven't survived! May God have us all in the palm of his hand and teach all of us to love a little more and never take for granted what someone may be feeling or going through! Be a shoulder for someone and give them some of your strength to know the past does not define us but how we respond and recover from it helps the world everyday!

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invisiblgirl

Not taut enough

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2012

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I don't know whether the subtitle (A Taut Psychological Thriller) refers to a 'Taut' series or is meant to describe the book, but 'taut' is what the book is missing. There are too many loose ends and unanswered questions. Motive, Detective - what was the killer's motive?

I did like the multiple points of view, and most of the characters are complex and genuine. However, there is a gaping hole in the plot (explained further in the spoiler section below). The motive for murder is clear, but the other things the murderer does don't make sense and are never quite explained.

There is also a problem with time jumps that are difficult to recognize and place properly in the story's timeline. One chapter will finish in the present and the next will take place one week ago, and there is no way to tell that you've jumped back by a week. In terms of pacing and suspense, this must have seemed necessary, but more skillful storytellers manage to keep everything in order.

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- Gerry is especially well-drawn, but his exit feels too easy - once you figure out what he's not doing, it's not clear what he has been doing or planning to do.

- Why frame Sam? It's a bit much to believe that the killer would deliberately implicate Sam. Some of the evidence is planted by someone else, but some of it is defintely left by the killer with the cold-blooded calculation that it will lead the police to Sam. In fact, I find it difficult to believe he has the presence of mind to cover his tracks as well as he does. It also doesn't make sense that he would frame his brother, but he's obviously using their resemblance to his advantage. Moreover, he has to have been planning to do it for some time, given that he must have been covering up his improvement in physical therapy for at least a year - or more. At the time of the killings, he doesn't know that Rob caused the accident, so that's not the motive. I found him rather unbelievable as the killer. Of all the characters, the boys are the least genuine. We don't really get a good feel for the mess in their heads.

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GA Girl

Chasing Darkness

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 16, 2022

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I am hooked on Danielle Gerard”s books. This one I just could not put down. Want to say more but don’t want to give away the ending. I’ll just say it keeps you intrigued throughout the whole story.

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Diana M. Hockley

Official a Girard fan now

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2013

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Chasing Darkness is the first of this author's books and as of early last night - when I finished this one - I have become a dedicated fan!

Child abuse is appalling and the subject of this plot. I won't go into the synopsis as that has been done by many reviewers, but discuss the effect this novel had on me.

Danielle Girard lured me into the story with the first page. I read it while waiting in the car for my husband to run errands in town and went to a meeting. I read it leaning against walls in the shopping centre, while I waited for him to buy things, get lunch for us and fill the car with fuel. Every time he came back - poor man - I felt resentful because I needed to find out what happened next - fast!

The plot was tight and scary. Although I knew everything would come right in the end (it has to, right?)every turn of the screw had me desperately worried for Sam's safety and that of her family. The characters were people in whom I invested a great deal of care and concern. When I finished reading - the ending was a shock - late last night, I immediately cranked up my kindle (while lying in bed) to buy and download the next two books in the series. I read Ruthless Games and finished it by 3am!

A truly terrific book :)

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ARDT

Definitely A Psychological Thriller

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2019

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Chasing Darkness was a great gas lighting, psychological thriller. Same Chase is supposed to be one of the good guys, working in law enforcement and raising her two orphaned nephews. So either she is a cold blooded murderer or she is being gas lighted.

Nick Thomas is a Detective in San Francisco who seems to care for and just after Sam Chase. The book quickly starts off with Nick calling Sam to a crime scene with the same M.O. matching a convicted murderer that died years earlier on death row. From that moment the book moves at a great pace.

The only spots I felt dragged and seemed to halt the flow of the book were the chapters written in the voice of Whittney, a seven or eight year old, annoying, brat of a child. Things are mispronounced like an uneducated child might speak, and I had to endure the prattling of a snotty girl.

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Chasing baddies

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 9, 2020

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There are more than one protagonist at work within Danielle's pages. Two different law enforcement agencies with two different bosses, Corona and Cintrello, with their respective agent working the case. Throw into the mix diversity, disability, copycat crimes, twins and children; she makes a valliant effort to stuff this all into her carryon luggage. I loved the idea of the destination she was jetting off to, but half the passengers were not neceasary.

It was hard to justify the motivations for some characters' behaviours. They were a little comic book in my opinion, but her bold bright coloured heros kept leaping and bounding until all the villains are all delivered wrapped in a 'spidey' web on her 'doorstep' in the end.

Lynda Kelly

Very Good Indeed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 28, 2012

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This was very good indeed. A serial killer is on the loose only he was executed recently so this could be a massive problem for those that put him away including Sam Chase and she has enough going on in her life already. I really liked her and she certainly had her issues and problems but still did a great job along with raising her nephews.
I marked it down one star since there were a lot of apostrophes missing which was quite annoying. I will give other books by her a look, though.

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Lynnette

Thoroughly enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 12, 2020

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My first time reading this author and it won’t be my last.

Great characters fantastic story line in all a very good take with many red herrings.

MrsG

Chasing Darkness

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 2, 2013

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This was an OK suspense/crime/detective novel. The flow is not quite as quick as some other books I've read in this genre, but it was OK, the main character, Sam Chase is intriguing and towards the end of the book it gets more and more interesting to see what is going on in her life and if she can solve the murders.

Mrs H

Chasing Darkness

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 8, 2012

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What a surprise. A thriller and a romance in one. Very well put together and I will be looking out to read more Deanielle Girard novels.

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