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

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

"I’ve been looking for a predator. It turns out that a predator has also been looking for me."

This story is told from several points of view. First, there's Rachel Krall, a true-crime podcaster who has saved an innocent man and  solved a crime. She also tells parts of the story from her podcast. Then there's Thomas McCoy, who is working for Rideshare and has a violent side. Joe Martinez is an FBI agent investigating the disappearance of a social media influencer and its connection to a prisoner in a maximum security prison. He has also summoned Rachel to sweet talk the man since he claims to be her biggest fan.

"'Always know what you’re walking into. Dark corners can be danger points.'"

Twisty, turny, full of suspense, and absolutely addicting. I devoured this book; couldn't put it down. Every angle was shocking and thrilling.

I absolutely loved this book. Night Swim is one of my favorite books ever so as soon as I heard there was a sequel I had to have it. The story was chilling and gripping. This one kept me guessing, just when I thought I had it all figured out something new would happen to change my mind. I loved the little bit of romance for Rachel as well. Highly recommend this one!

BOOK REVIEW 💯 📚

First of all, thank you to @netgalley for allowing me the chance to read this ARC of Megan Goldin's newest novel! I have a feeling I will have my more Goldin novels on my shelf now 😉

Rachel is a true crime Podcaster who is on the hunt to find a missing social media influencer who disappeared after meeting with a suspected serial killer.

Terry Bailey is about to get released from prison when his last and first known visitor disappears. Everyone has a theory on what happened, but Rachel is determined to be the one who solves the mystery.

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3.5 Stars!
I was so excited to receive an early copy of Dark Corners and to be back in the world of Rachel Krall.

When Maddison Logan, an extremely popular “van life” influencer, goes missing, the FBI recruits true crime podcaster, Rachel Krall for help.

Little does she know that she will be meeting with suspected serial killer (but incarcerated for theft), Terrence Bailey, in a Florida prison to try and get information, because ironically, Maddison had visited Terrance in prison just days before she vanished.

Now, Rachel has to pose as an up and coming influencer and infiltrate a luxurious event full of popular social media stars, to gain any clue she can to find Maddison.

I really enjoyed Dark Corners. It kept me intrigued the whole time. I couldn’t stop reading because I needed to know how everyone was connected and how this mystery would be solved.

I really missed the podcasting element of this book. I enjoyed it in the first Rachel Krall story (Night Swim), but I don’t think it took away from the story at all.
I loved that this story wasn’t set so much in a stuffy courtroom. It was much more adventurous in that aspect.
The twists were pretty predictable so that took away from the “shock factor” for me.

Overall, I really enjoyed it and I hope that Megan Goldin gives us more of Rachel in the future.

Thanks so much to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for giving me this ARC. It will be released to the public on August 8, 2023

4.75/5 stars! First of all, this cover was so pretty and really drew me in. I hadn't realized this was the second book in the "Rachel Krall" series, but it could be read as a standalone without issue. When I read the premise, I was reminded of the podcasts "Morbid" and "Crime Junkies." A FMC that is a crime podcaster is such a fun angle for a story. I thought this book balanced twists and still feeling realistic. Will definitely be checking out more books by this author.

I received an advance review copy for free through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

With Night Swim being one of my top reads I knew I had to jump on this book as soon as I saw it. From the start it roped me in and was a fun and thrilling ride. While there wasn't a huge twist, I felt the storyline was good enough that you honestly didn't even need it. Loved it.

This is the second book involving podcaster and investigative "journalist" Rachel Krall and, in terms of quality, it's very similar to the first book. I was certainly not disappointed with the result. The story (and plot) is well laid out (even clever at times), easy to read, with characters who have some opportunity to grow and develop. Yeah, there are a few dumb (and questionable) decisions made by characters that pave the way for things to go a certain direction but overall, it's an enjoyable way to spend reading time (especially with a cup of coffee on a cold winter day).. Thumbs up for this one.

You really can't go wrong with a. Megan Goldin book. It's always a wild and highly entertaining ride! Dark Corners involves a modern day influencer who is doing a podcast on true crime. It has many twists and turns and will keep you turning page after page. Highly recommend!

Thank you to net galley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Rachel Krall well known podcaster is contacted by the FBI to meet with a dangerous prisoner, Terence Bailey, suspected of murder. Joe Martinez of the FBI is hoping that she will be able to get some information from Terence Bailey to help their case and help them find Maddison another young influencer who went missing hours after visiting Terence. What connection did Maddison have to Terence and how is he involved in her disappearance when he is locked up? Soon Rachel becomes a target of Terence who is going to be released in two days and she needs to get to the bottom of all of this before he comes after her. While the FBI is working one angle, Rachel is working her own. Will they be able to get to the bottom of it all before Terence is released? What happened to Maddison? Is she dead or alive? Good read and one I would recommend. Goldin is one of my favorite new authors!

This was my 2nd Megan Goldin book, but not in this series. I read “Stay Awake” and thought it was interesting. This book was way better.

This book is the 2nd book in a series, and it looks like there will be more books. However, it stands alone as well, so you don’t have to read the other book first. It does mention the events of the first book, but not annoyingly so.

This book had a killer terrorizing women. The police think they’ve gotten the perp, and put him in jail. But, enter podcaster Rachel & the FBI, and you just know that they have the wrong guy.

There’s heat between the FBI agent & Rachel, which is a nice detail. There’s a creepy Uber driver who smells really bad, and is talked about way too much in his POV, in my opinion. Then there's a podcasting convention which pits all the most vapid and shallow podcasters against each other for a million dollar prize. That part I found to be really boring, and so did Rachel, apparently. She was invited to the convention because she’s part of that world, but she goes undercover and hides her real identity. She skips most of the events, & doesn’t even attend the parties. I give her props for that!

I didn’t like how Rachel figured the killer before the FBI did, and a lot of the other details, too. She was kind of a pain in the butt, quite frankly. But, it’s probably the nature of these types of books.

I liked the book, overall, but the ending seemed a little abrupt. Clearly, planning on more books in the series. I’ll forgive the author for that.

I thank #Netgalley, #St.Martin’sPress & #MeganGoldin author of #DarkCorners for the ARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Dark corners is an expertly woven web of interlocking stories. The author does an excellent job of telling each story as parallel timelines that the reader can tell all connect somehow, yet you can’t pin down what that link is. There are plenty of red herrings and variables that are presented as important that end up being unrelated. While the conclusion is eventually very possible to guess, the story does an excellent job of pushing the reader’s certainty of the conclusion out to the very end. The modern setting of the story makes it more relatable to the times we are living in, whether it’s through the social media references or the sudden rising obsession with true crime, the story is well marketed to younger readers.