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I read Dark Corners in nearly one whole sitting. I will admit that it was hard to keep track of the characters and practically 3 separate storylines (that of course tie together eventually) but all-in-all a very enthralling read. I will be thinking about this novel for weeks!

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I have listened to a lot of true crime podcasts over the last couple of years so I was excited to read Dark Corners. I realized this was the second book in the Rachel Krall series and I hadn't read The Night Swim yet but thought I'd give it go anyway. I'm so glad I did! This book absolutely did not disappoint!

First, I've got to say that Rachel Krall, the true crime podcaster, is one heck of a badass! I found the main storyline involving Rachel, the influencer Maddison Logan and her involvement with Terry Bailey, the suspected serial killer, very interesting. I don't know much about the lives of influencers so I really enjoyed hearing about the lives of the influencers at the BuzzCon convention in Daytona Beach. I wasn't as invested in the side plot involving the murder of one of the influencers. It seemed superfluous to the rest of the story and I thought that part could have been left out. However, the main plotline was enough to keep my interest throughout and this was a great read. I have The Night Swim on my TBR list now but I felt this book did fine as a standalone. Although, I am hoping the next book in the series delves further into Rachel's relationship with FBI agent Joe Martinez, both professionally and romantically. I thought they made a great team!

Thank you so much to St. Martin's Press, Megan Goldin and Netgalley for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. This book will be availabe on August 8, 2023.

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I have been a fan of Megan Goblin ever since "Night Swim". In addition, "Stay Awake" was one of my favorite books of 2022. "Dark Corners" brings back the podcaster Rachel Krall as she is looking for a missing social media influencer. This was such a fun thriller and very true to the times. You really don't know what is going on in real life of social media influencers, only what they post online. If you enjoy smart, fun thrillers, this is the book for you.

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In this book, Rachel Krall, THE crime podcaster, is invited by the FBI to see a prisoner who happened to bring up her name. Prisoner Terrence Bailey is slated to be released in two days; however, there's a big problem: the last (and only) visitor of Bailey's disappeared after visiting him. When Rachel's visit doesn't prompt any successful information, she ends up at an influencer conference, hoping to find out information about the missing visitor before Bailey is released.

I was very excited to read this second Rachel Krall book by Megan Goldin. I devoured The Night Swim in under two days, and I really enjoyed the way it was written. I will say that Dark Corners got a little dry in the middle, but it was still good. I liked the other point-of-view, Joe Martinez, FBI agent, but I thought the placement of his chapters was a bit disjointed. I also wanted to hear more of Rachel's podcast because it was lacking in this book.

Overall, the last third of the novel was very strong with some twists and turns that weren't in The Night Swim (at least weren't as predictable), but there were parts at the beginning that left me bored rather than hooked and intrigued. I would recommend this to others if you do like thrillers.

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While this book was enjoyable, it was definitely a little disappointing as a follow up to The Night Swim. I found Rachel to be a little too rude to have everyone talk to her as willingly as they did, and everything wrapped up a little too easily, in my opinion. But, it was a fun, fast read, and I appreciated the (brief) exploration of the role socioeconomic status plays in missing persons cases.

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I loved The Night Swim and was stoked to score an early copy of Dark Corners. In the second book in the Rachel Krall series the true crime podcaster is drawn into the world of social media and influencers. Despite having a wildly popular podcast Rachel steers clear of social media and its web. However, when a popular van-life influencer goes missing the FBI begrudgingly asks for Rachel's help. Right before she disappeared, Maddison, the van-lifer visited a Terrence Bailey a man soon to be released from prison. While imprisoned for breaking and entering, Terrence is widely believed to be responsible for murdering at least six woman. So, the FBI wants to know why did Maddison visit Terrance and is it connected to her disappearance?

I love Rachel as a character and look forward to more in her series. I think I enjoyed The Night Swim a bit more mainly because I felt the characters were a bit easier to follow. Overall though, another great book my Megan Goldin.

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I really enjoyed this book! I had no idea it was a sequel but I had no problem reading this as a stand alone. Rachel Krall is a true crime podcaster who investigates the disappearance of a social media influencer. Maddison Logan goes missing after visiting Terrance Bailey in prison. The FBI believes it’s linked to the visit and Terrance has something to do with it. This book is a fast paced page turner that keeps you thinking throughout the book.
Thank you so much to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and the Author for giving me an Arc copy to read for an honest review!

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Rachel Krall's podcast has taken off since the case in North Carolina. She's due for some much needed downtime. Unfortunately, she is summoned by the FBI to Florida where an inmate who is set to be released from prison in just a few days shows interest in her. Rachel works alongside Joe Martinez to hunt down the missing Madison Logan. Rachel is sent into the world of influencers, where their biggest concern is their follow count. Sometimes monsters hide in plain sight. Rachel will come face to face with a crime that extends much deeper than a missing person case.
This was a great follow up to The Night Swim. Megan Goldin does an excellent job of making her characters relatable while also making their journey intriguing. I hope to see more in this series. Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy of Dark Corners.

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Megan Goldin delivers with Dark Corners. I had recently read Stay Awake, which felt a little bit like a let down after having enjoyed The Night Swim so much, but with returning to the character of Rachel Krall Goldin sucked me right back in.

<spoiler>Diving into the strange, sometimes scary world of internet influencers was a great way to give a lot of misdirection in an otherwise straightforward story. The scariest monsters hide in plain site indeed…. I enjoyed the red herrings giving me different angles to consider. The characters were engaging and more complex than we had been lead to believe, and it made me appreciate the twists and turns all the more for the way they revealed the true nature of the people whose stories we were learning. This was well paced and interesting from the start and I look forward to more books in this series.</spoiler>

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for my advanced reader copy.

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4* True crime podcaster Rachel Krall is sent by the FBI to investigate the abduction of Maddison Logan, a popular social media influence from Buzzcon, and the link to serial killer Terrance Bailey. Mixed with influencing and popular versus unpopular this is the second installment of character Rachel Krall. See Night Swim. Thank you NetGalley and Megan Goldin for the ARC. Can’t wait for book 3!

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I LOVED this fast paced novel about Rachael, a crime podcaster, who is summoned to Florida by the FBI. A man is about to get out of jail and they think he's killed multiple people. They need her help.

Dark Corners is a fast paced thriller. They characters are extremely likable and relatable. I sure hope there is going to be a third book in this series. I need it!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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Another great thriller by Megan Goldin. The plot was twisting and engaging. I enjoyed the characters as well. Highly recommend for all readers!!

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I received a free copy from NetGalley. I read the first book long enough ago that I don't remember it, so this one does work okay as a stand alone. There are a lot of characters and some are much better developed than others. The mysteries are pretty good and the story keeps the pages turning.

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I didn’t love this one as much as the first in the series of Rachel Krass (The Night Swim), but I still devoured it! I love that Rachel had some romance in this book. I also enjoyed the different points of view of the main characters. Books with multiple POVs keep me coming back and make it hard to stop reading, and this one did not disappoint! I hope there’s a third in the series!

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After reading the night swim, I was ready to read another book about Rachel Krall solving a murder for her podcast. In this book, she finds herself in the middle of a case because of an inmate mentioning her name. I felt that this book really drew me in and held my attention. I kept picking it up to see what would happen! I personally thought this was better than The Night Swim, so even if you didn’t love that, I’d give it a try!

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4.5 stars!

I’m really enjoying these Rachel Krall books and I hope there are more to come!

I loved that the case was live with this book as opposed to The Night Swim. I felt like it definitely made everything was more tense and high pressure.

This story has so many moving parts. I liked that nexus’s it made it way more difficult to guess what might be coming next.

We also got a little bit of romance with this one!

I only docked half a star because the influencer stuff was so annoying 🤣 Maybe that’s just how big influencers are in real life, but it was a lot.

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This is book 2 in the Rachel Krall series, although reading them in order is not essential. It has been a couple of years since I read Night Swim, and really didn’t remember anything of Rachel other than that she had a podcast, and that didn’t do anything to take away from my enjoyment of this book. It was fast-paced, and zigged when I expected it to zag. One of my favorite things in a thriller. 5/5 stars!

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

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4.25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is the fourth book I read by Megan Goldin with in a year . Dark corners is my second favorite, The Night Swim being by absolute favorite.

Dark Corners is the sequel to The Night Swim , it follows Rachel Krall the true crime podcast star . Though, Dark Corners is the second in it’s series it can easily be read as a standalone. Rachel Krall is unexpectedly called in by the FBI to help piece together the key elements that tie her with a prisoner named Terrance Bailey and a social media influencer named Maddison Logan that has gone missing. Terrance Bailey has been incarcerated for 6 years , 2 of the 6 years were for aggravated robbery. The local police also believed Terry Bailey was involved in a series of killing but didn’t have adequate evidence to tie him with the killings. In the story we also get to read Thomas McCoy POV, he is a ride share driver that is battling with an uncommon disease, one of the symptoms of the disease is having a malodorous smell.

Megan Goldin has a knack for writing stories that are tightly plotted and the reader is encouraged to make the connection along the journey. ( My favorite type of thrillers). She delivers a well satisfying ending and even though everything is piece to together so nicely as a reader I am left craving a third book in the series .
Definitely recommend this book !!! If you loved the Night Swim, then add this to your TBR now! This book will be available August 8, 3024 .
Thank you Sr. Martin’s Press and Megan Goldin for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review .

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Megan Goldin did it again 👏
This book will have you hooked from the very beginning. The Night Swim was on of my favorites, so I was excited to know we would be getting another book about Rachel Krall.

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Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read "Dark Corners" in exchange for my honest review.
I’ve read all of Megan Goldiin’s previous thrillers and was not disappointed with her new novel “Dark Corners”.
The main character follows Rachael Krall who is the podcaster from “ Night Swim”. In this book Rachael investigates a missing social media influencer whose disappearance appears to be tied to a soon to be released prisoner Terrance Bailey. Goulding keeps the readers guessing until the very end with lots of twists and turns. This book hooked me from the very beginning and was hard to put down.

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