The Darkness Gathers

A Novel (Lydia Strong, Book 2)

By: Lisa Unger

Narrated by: Emily Beresford

Fresh from a tour promoting her last book, reclusive true-crime writer Lydia Strong receives an anonymous cry for help, begging her to find and protect Tatiana Quinn. Maybe the plea strikes close to her heart; maybe her investigator’s intuition ignites. She takes it on. But this simple case of a missing teenager soon becomes much more. Someone wants Lydia to drop the case, someone anxious enough to engineer the reappearance of one of Lydia’s most dangerous adversaries. Now, in addition to tracing the roots of Tatiana’s disappearance on a trail across the country and eventually overseas, Lydia must find the man who wants her dead.

©2003 Lisa Unger (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The suspense is almost unbearably high...an intelligent thriller, with a love story [that] adds a poignant and beautiful relief to the omnipresent evil that pervades the rest of the pages." ( New Mystery Reader)

Pleasantly surprised!

I have always enjoyed Ms Unger's work, and when these early books she had written were released as audiobooks, I must admit I was nervous about trying them. Luckly my worry was unfounded and although the plot of Darkness Gathers may have been a made bit overly complex with lots and lots of action surrounding it, altogether it was an excellent read with some good twists and turns to continually surprise and pique ones interest. Certainly worth a credit.

The Darkness Gathers

I read the book and have, now, enjoyed it in audio. The story held my interest through out. Unger knows how to create suspense.
One criticism- Houston Street, in New York City, is pronounced “Howsten” as it is derived from Dutch. Any New Yorker would laugh out loud hearing it pronounced as the city in Texas.