Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier

 

Paris Peralta is found covered in blood next to her wealthy celebrity husband's body, a straight razor in her hand. As she sits in the back of a police cruiser on her way to jail, what worries her is not her current predicament, but that secrets from her past may come to light. 

Jennifer Hillier starts off Things We Do In The Dark with a premise so intriguing that you just have to keep turning the pages to find out what's going on. Despite being married to a celebrity and a much older man, Paris has avoided the limelight. With her arrest for his murder, that's about to change. Ruby Reyes, aka the Ice Queen, was convicted for a similar crime 25 years ago in Canada. Ruby is about to be released from jail and threatens to spill all of Paris's secrets. 

Hillier crafts a delightfully twisty tale. The story bounces between the present and the 1990s. Drew Malcolm, a podcaster who knew Ruby's daughter decides to do a podcast about Ruby now that she is scheduled to be released. Shifting perspectives keeps shedding new light on the mystery. Hillier plants enough clues to let you guess some of what is coming next, but she doesn't let these mini-reveals wait until the end. She spins them out and lets them take the plot in a new direction that will keep you trying to figure out how they all fit together until the very end. 

The characters are easily relatable, if not always entirely sympathetic. The story has plenty of twists and turns that hold your interest throughout and will have you racing to the end. Paris is a great character and Hillier does a great job of connecting you to her humanity. Things We Do In The Dark is a must-read for suspense fans and Hillier does a masterful job of keeping the pages flying by.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher.