Into the Darkest Corner, (Paperback)

from gogglemiss

New author to me, raving reviews and recommended, this was well worth the wait . I read this in three days. Violent start, and later on more grim scenes, but the tension in this story never let up. Interesting how the author alternated her chapters, past and present, five years.leading up to Cath...

from Beamis12

Graphic, explicit, dark and gritty all describe this first novel. Haynes pulls no punches in portraying the effects and intensity of spousal abuse. The chapters alternate between the before and after, a very effective way of showing the reader exactly how Catherine was destroyed by this abuse. I'...

from LemurKat

A page-turning, far-too compulsive read. Some parts of this dark psychological thriller made me feel almost physically ill. The darkness of the past, however, is nicely counter-balanced with the sweeter nature of the prsent, but the shadows that have been cast across Cathy's life are deep and pow...

from marykuhl

I had a hard time getting into this book at first because it started with testimony from a trial and then back tracked a few years and then jumped forward, (the chapters are marked telling you the dates). Once I got the hang of it, this story had me sucked it. This was not a fast read for me by a...

from miyurose

This book was a chilling portrait of an abusive relationship and its aftermath. When Catherine meets Lee, she effortlessly lets him in to her life. Sure, he doesn't talk much and his job is mysterious and sometimes he disappears for days at a time, but he's handsome and a good lover and all of he...