The Darkness of Evil

By: Alan Jacobson

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Jasmine Marcks was a teenager when she discovered her father was a killer. First, there was the strip of bloody duct tape; then, the bloodstain on his shirt; and finally, the long nights away from home that always coincided with gruesome deaths. Roscoe Lee Marcks killed 14 people before he was finally put behind bars - but, as renowned FBI agent Karen Vail soon learns, Marcks's reign of terror isn't over yet.

After writing a book about growing up as the child of a serial killer, Jasmine receives a letter - a single sheet of paper mailed from the maximum-security prison Marcks now calls home. The page hides a threatening message from a father who wants vengeance against the daughter who turned him into the police. So when Marcks breaks out of prison, Agent Vail calls in a legendary retired profiler to help her find the escaped convict - and keep him from making Jasmine his 15th victim.

©2017 Alan Jacobson (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Nail biter and edge of the seat action!

What did you love best about The Darkness of Evil?

I really liked the surprise ending, I never saw it coming! The cadence of the story was well done, it paced out very well and the author played it out bit by bit, not too fast or slow. Vale showed real character in being both an emotional and vulnerable person as well as being a hard nosed detective. I see a new series coming from the ending as well, well done Alan!

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the way the story and the telling of it left a lot to my own imagination, there was not a lot of in your face gore but rather the innuendo was left in clear form for your mind to fill in what detail you need for the story. I find this to be the most important trait in writing, to little information leaves a person with a blank canvas and too much makes the painting appear to be a child's finger-painting. This telling made for a full painting telling the whole story but with minimal brush strokes.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Daniela Acitelli?

Now we come to what I didn't care for. Daniela's overly slow diction in this book was just painful! I loved her narration of 'Lady Killer' and was looking forward to another great telling but her insistently whiny and whimpy version of Karen Vale was stressful and took away from the character immensely. After checking out several of her YouTube trailers, I now understand that this is her style. I'm sorry but it's distracting, I really liked the conversational tone over the drawn-out diction.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I gave her a normal upbringing, just like any kid!

The Darkness of Evil

The story was a little slow for me in the beginning, but once you get into it a little further it was very good. The twists in it were definitely not what you expected and the the suspense at the end was great. Very enjoyable listen.

Narration is awful! Very bad “acting”.

The story and plot is GREAT!! Having a really hard time with the audible version. Onside ring returning it and just reading it myself. This is terrible so far!!!! Only 11 chapters in

Spoiler alert

Karen Vale Series, FBI profiler. Rosso Lee Mark is serial killer in jail, at Potter Correctional, Fairbanks County CA. 20 something Daughter, Jasmine, writes a book and looks like her dad is after her. Karen wants to protect Jasmine. Rosso fakes injury. With help of nurse escapes. Rosso kills both nurse and two guards.

could not put it down

If you could sum up The Darkness of Evil in three words, what would they be?
real good book

What other book might you compare The Darkness of Evil to and why?
not sure what to compare to

Which scene was your favorite?
FBI agent getting free


Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
no

Any additional comments?
page turner really liked this book