Some Choose Darkness

Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea is a reprint edition published by Kensington on December 31, 2019. This 304-page novel presents a suspenseful narrative centered around forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore, who specializes in cold-case homicides. While sorting through her late father’s law office, Rory is drawn into a decades-old mystery involving the disappearance of five women in Chicago during the summer of 1979, a case linked to a predator known as The Thief.
Readers will find a complex web of secrets and revelations as Rory investigates the enigmatic Angela Mitchell, whose unconventional methods once threatened to expose the killer. As Rory uncovers startling discoveries, she becomes increasingly entangled in the chilling truth surrounding Angela’s disappearance and the implications of The Thief’s impending parole. This psychological thriller delves into themes of mystery and suspense, inviting readers to piece together the clues alongside Rory as she confronts the dark past that continues to haunt the present.
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A modern master of suspense, critically acclaimed author Charlie Donlea delivers a taut, gripping novel about the deadly secrets hiding in plain sight . . .
Forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father’s law office after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case . . .
In the summer of 1979, five Chicago women went missing. The predator, nicknamed The Thief, left no bodies or clues behind—until police received a package from a mysterious woman named Angela Mitchell, whose unorthodox investigations appeared to unmask the killer. Then Angela disappeared without a trace. Forty years later, The Thief is about to be paroled for Angela’s murder. But the cryptic file Rory finds in her father’s law office suggests there is more to the case.
Making one startling discovery after another, Rory becomes helplessly entangled in the enigma of Angela Mitchell and what happened to her. As she continues to dig, even Rory can’t be prepared for the full, terrifying truth that is emerging . . .
“Engrossing . . . Donlea smoothly mixes red herrings and genuine clues. Readers who relish a good puzzle will be rewarded.”
—Publishers Weekly
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