Review: Darkness Descending
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2014
I received a free download of "Darkness Descending" by Joanne Clancy in exchange for an honest review. This is the latest release of another gripping detective-crime thriller mystery, that definitely packs a punch, and has the reader trying to solve the case along with the detectives. This is a crime novel set in Ireland with a twist!"Her boyfriend was missing, presumed dead, a crazed gunman was on the loose, and Darcey Ackerman was the only witness."Darcey Ackerman and Adam Stoltz drove in their campervan, towards the mountains, when another driver indicated that their exhaust was sparking. Adam had to stop to investigate. He went to join the informer at the back of the campervan, and Adam asked Darcey to rev the engine, to check the exhaust. After Adam returned to the back of the camper, Darcey heard a loud bang! Then the man showed up beside her with a gun pointed at her. And she never saw Adam again! He forced her out of the campervan and bound her wrists and directed her to his car. But Darcey managed to escape her assailant and hide in the bushes.David Britton slammed on the brakes and swerved in the darkness of the mountains to avoid hitting her, a woman, that came out of nowhere. Her hands were bound in front of her and she was begging for help. David, a top consultant psychiatrist in Ireland and his wife, Melissa a nurse, drove Darcey to the closest hotel, and notified the police.Detective Sergeant George Ellis and his partner Mike Byrne were assigned to the case, and interviewed Darcey extensively. The campervan had been found about one kilometre from a patch of blood, where Darcey had hidden. But the immediate area had been disturbed, as the police officers' heavy boots had trampled over everything.But where is Adam? And if he was dead, where was the body? But Darcey didn't act like a distraught woman who had lost her boyfriend. She was hiding something. Is she a victim or a suspect? Was the attack contrived between Darcey and Adam? Is he still alive?This was a fast-paced crime thriller that eventually revealed itself. This journey allowed the reader to try to solve the crime and work alongside the investigative team. I definitely see a sequel in the future.