I absolutely loved The Night swim and It’s Definitely one of my favorite reads so when I saw I got accepted to review Dark Corners you could say I was beyond excited!

But I sadly didn’t enjoy it as much as I did the first novel, to start it’s a slow burn and I felt it just took too long to get into or to get to the point of the investigation.

It also just didn’t keep me intrigued enough to want to keep turning the page. The ending was good but I just wish the novel could’ve been more exciting.

Thank you to the Netgalley for letting read and review Dark Corners!

I am the biggest Megan Goldin fan and while I enjoyed this novel and still give it four stars, I think all of her other books are better than this one. However, it is still a great one, just not perfect.

I'm new to Megan Goldin. However, she's got a fan in me for life. This is the first 5 star I've read in awhile. This book made me just feel feel like falling in love with reading all over again. A big thank you to Megan Goldin and publishers for this ARC.

Megan Goldin led us down a few red herring paths while creating suspense and tension, and I clicked the pages as fast as possible. Plenty of twists and turns kept me on my toes, trying to figure out who was involved and with whom. At times it felt like a few too many red herrings, and I wasn't a bit fan of that; however, Megan pulls it all together with a satisfying ending that wraps up well.

NO spoilers here. The following is my opinion and thoughts on the book, not a synopsis. Although this book is #2 in a "series," it most certainly can be read as a standalone. I forgot so many details about The Night Swim and it didn't make a difference when reading this one. The main character, Rachel Krall, is a true crime podcaster and is known for solving cases the professionals cannot. Her personality seemed somewhat different in this book. Maybe more confident? More established? Not in a bad way but perhaps she grew as a person from book one to two.

I did enjoy this book. The ending was of course not what you were expecting. A couple details were predictable but not so much where it ruins the book for you. I had to keep reading to find out the mystery behind it all. There was a murder in this book not related to the main serial killer and it felt a bit unnecessary but I don't think it took anything away from the book either. I'd say the beginning really had me hooked and intrigued, I drifted a tad towards the middle, but then was fully invested again the second half of the book which flew by. There was a bit of romance sprinkled as well which I wasn't expecting. Will there be a 3rd book for Rachel?

I enjoy Megan Goldin's books and am already eager for her next one to come out. I think The Escape Room was her least popular book among my circle of friends but was my favorite. The Night Swim, first book, was her most popular and definitely think you should start there!

There were many aspects of this book I enjoyed. I liked how the chapters were short and made this feel like a quick read. I liked the misdirections and red herrings.
I did feel there were a few far fetched moments and I would have liked to see more closure. However, I feel like they’ll be another book continuing Rachel’s story.

I really enjoyed this book! It had tons of mystery and some really good twists. Rachel Krall is a true crime podcaster who is really popular, made me think of Paine Lindsey. The FBI asked her to come to a prison in FL to talk to a suspect because he is a fan. She gets tangled into a murder investigation and cant figure out if she is a target or if the people around her including the FBI agent who asked for her help is being overly cautious. Can she help solve a murder and figure out who and if they have a serial killer tracking them? Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for an advanced copy to read.

Thank you to NetGalley, the Publishers, and Megan Goldin for the ARC of Dark Corners! I didn’t realize at first that this was the sequel to The Night Swim, but as soon as I found out I read the first and devoured the 2nd! I do have to say, I liked the 1st book more - the pacing and events sequence along with the podcast parts, but this was just as enjoyable. I wasn’t able to put the book down after the middle section. I like where life is taking Rachel and I’m really hoping for more Rachel Krall in the future to see where things lead. Please bring back true podcast bits!

I enjoyed Night Swim, the first book in this series, and this was a good follow-up. I don’t think it will be as memorable for me, but I liked the fast-paced mystery solving.
Rachel Krall returns as podcaster detective, helping with a missing person case full of twists and turns and disappearances and deaths. It might have had one too many deaths, and I wasn’t ever surprised by any twist, but it was a captivating journey to solve the case.
If you’re looking for a quick vacation read, and you enjoy a mystery or crime fiction, definitely check this one out.
Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for the advance ebook!

Rachel Krall, a true crime podcaster, is called by the FBI to a Florida prison when Maddison Logan, who has just been to visit Terrence Bailey in prison, goes missing. Terrence had asked Maddison to call Rachel during their visit and then she disappeared. Terrence is a suspected serial killer serving time for breaking and entering and is due to be released soon unless they can find evidence that ties him to the murders. Rachel goes to a major social media convention to get some inside information on Maddison Logan and try to figure out what may have happened to her. Rachel soon becomes a target of the serial killer and learns that not everyone is who they seem to be.

I thoroughly enjoyed the character of Rachel and all of the people she met along the way. I would say there was no twist in this book because you know upfront that something is off about the case. The plot was exciting and I liked that Rachel embraced social media without being consumed by it because I hate when books are about technology and social media and the main character resists it like it makes them better than everyone else. I did enjoy the slight romance that occurred as well and I found the conclusion satisfying. There were some parts in the middle of the book that became a little boring which is why I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Huge fan of this one! This is my favorite book by the author thus far. I actually went into this one completely blind without knowing what it was about and absolutely devoured it! I loved this one because I wasn’t able to guess the ending.

A great edge of your seat read. Unputdownable! This book doesn’t follow a formula. It is all on its own and so different.

The second in the Rachel Krall series, following the Night Swim. She returns to search for a social influencer who disappeared after visiting a serial killer. Book was full of suspense and tension. Highly recommend her and look forward to more from this author. Thank you net galley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for a honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. A fast paced mystery/suspense told by multiple narrators. There is a lot going on and I did not want it to end! Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

As a true crime podcast die hard listener, I was thrilled to learn that Megan Goldin had a second installment of the Rachel Krall series.

I had read Night Swim in both print and audio and one aspect I loved was how the audio book really made the podcast sections sound like a real podcast with music, etc. That is the only aspect I missed this time around.

Rachel is called by the FBI and whisked to a Florida prison as an inmate has requested a meeting with her. Although that meeting doesn't amount to much, Rachel's interest is peaked in the inmate's past and a current missing persons case. She stays in Florida and the thrills start.

I was surprised by the twists and turns of this book and am very much looking forward to book three!

I have read every book by this author, except for The Girl in Keller's Way (cannot find that in E-Book form), and I have enjoyed them all.

Dark Corners is another interesting and easy-to-love crime fiction mystery. Love the podcast and influencer aspect of this one as well as the different POVs. I read this one fast as I was hooked and wanted to see it all come together.

It's no secret who the guilty person is BUT there are a couple of twists in there that kept things interesting. Definitely one I would recommend for this who want a quick and well-done read.

I sincerely appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
While I enjoyed night swim a bit more this book was also a decent read as well. Happy to see a second book and that maybe it will become a series.

''Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators have long suspected him in the murders of six women. As his freedom approaches, Bailey gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a hot, young influencer with a huge social media following. Hours later, Maddison disappears, and police suspect she’s been kidnapped—or worse. Is Maddison’s disappearance connected to her visit to Bailey? Why was she visiting him in the first place?

When they hit a wall in the investigation, the FBI reluctantly asks for Rachel’s help in finding the missing influencer. Maddison seems only to exist on social media; she has no family, no friends, and other than in her posts, most people have never seen her. Who is she, really? Using a fake Instagram account, Rachel Krall goes undercover to BuzzCon, a popular influencer conference, where she discovers a world of fierce rivalry that may have turned lethal.

When police find the body of a woman with a tattoo of a snake eating its tail, the FBI must consider a chilling possibility: Bailey has an accomplice on the outside and a dangerous obsession with influencers, including Rachel Krell herself. Suddenly a target of a monster hiding in plain sight, Rachel is forced to confront the very real dangers that lurk in the dark corners of the internet.

Rachel Krall, the true crime podcaster star of Megan Goldin’s acclaimed Night Swim returns to search for a popular social media influencer who disappeared after visiting a suspected serial killer.''


The pacing is fast and there are a lot of little tricks thrown in along the way to distract the reader, which I thought was fun. so anyone looking for a relevant true crime mystery novel that is quick to read can look forward to this one!

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

From the first few pages this book drew me in and I was excited to get into this story. However the writing just got really bad and choppy. A lot of telling and early grade type of writing going on which did not make it enjoyable. This may hit the mark for other readers, just was a miss for me. I may give this one a try again once released and listen on audio since I really enjoyed the first book in audio.

While I didn't love this as much as its predecessor, The Night Swim, it was still quite enthralling and very fun to read. I really like Rachel's character, however I do wish there had been more quips of her podcast interspersed throughout. If there are more books in this series to come, I'd definitely return.