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A modern master of suspense, critically acclaimed author Charlie Donlea returns with a taut, gripping novel about the deadly secrets hiding in plain sight . . .

SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS.  

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OTHERS ARE CHOSEN BY IT. 

THE TRUTH IS EASY TO MISS

EVEN WHEN IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US 

“In Donlea's skillful hands, this story of obsession, murder, and the search for truth is both a compassionate character study and a compelling thriller.”  
Kirkus Reviews 

“Donlea smoothly mixes red herrings and genuine clues...readers who relish a good puzzle will be rewarded.”

—Publisher's Weekly   

“Part 1970s serial-killer thriller and part contemporary Chicago crime novel, this deceptively quick read has something for everyone.”

—Booklist  

Some Choose Darkness


AS A 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 a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a DECADES-OLD CASE COME TO LIFE ONCE MORE.  

IN THE SUMMER OF 1979

FIVE CHICAGO WOMEN WENT MISSING 

 

THE PREDATOR NAMED 

THE THIEF

LEFT NO BODIES AND

NO CLUES BEHIND—UNTIL 

 

 

 POLICE RECEIVED A PACKAGE FROM A
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN NAMED

ANGELA MITCHELL

 

whose unorthodox investigation skills appear to have
led to his identity.  But before they could question her 

ANGELA DISAPPEARED.
 

 

 

 FORTY YEARS LATER,
THE THIEF

 

is about to be paroled for Angela's murder
—THE ONLY CRIME THE DA COULD PIN ON HI
M

 

BUT THE CRYPTIC FILE RORY FINDS

IN HER FATHER'S LAW OFFICE 

 

suggest there is more to the case, and ANGELA MITCHELL,
than what was fed to the public, the details of which  
HAVE BEEN BURIED FOR FOUR DECADES.

 

RORY'S TALENTS ARE TESTED AS SHE BEGINS RECONSTRUCTING ANGELA'S LAST DAYS. 

 

MAKING ONE STARTLING DISCOVERY
after another, RORY becomes helplessly

entangled in the enigma of 
ANGELA MITCHELL

and what happened to her.

 

DRAWING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
 PAST AND PRESENT

 

RORY uncovers truths about the

reclusive victim, her father

and the man called THE THIEF
 that sends her down a twisting trail
where things may

NOT BE AS THEY APPEAR. 

 

AS SHE CONTINUES TO DIG 

 

 EVEN RORY CAN'T BE PREPARED FOR THE FULL

 

TERRIFYING TRUTH

 THAT IS EMERGING . . .

Some

Choose 

Darkness

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Praise

The Woman In Darkness

"She wondered if the mysterious woman had chosen darkness.
Or if darkness had chosen her."

 

Available Now in Australia 
02 Apr 2019 AU

 

 

Note: Identical book as (US edition)— SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS—with a different title and cover for the (AU) Australian edition. 

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Some Choose Darkness

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Available Now
28 May 2019 US


 

Pub Date: 
US May 28, 2019 

304 Pages

Formats:

  • e-book

  • Hardcover

  • Paperback (12/31/19) 

ISBN-10:  1496713818
ISBN-13:  978-1496713810

ASIN:  B07H1ZKXTP

Publisher:  Kensington

Sold by Penguin Random House 
Language: English

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PRESS KIT

Some Choose Darkness 

Some Choose Darkness

Uma mulher na escuridão

Available Now
28 May 2019 BRAZIL


 

Fario Editorial

Lançamento, Policial, Suspense
Título: Uma mulher na escuridão
Subtítulo: A verdade mais difícil de enxergar é a que sempre esteve diante de nossos olhos…
Autor: Charlie Donlea
Gênero: Ficção  Seção: Suspense
Formato: 16 x 23 cm  Páginas: 304
Papel: Polén  ISBN: 978-85-9581-072-3  

Preço: R$ 39,90

Read an Excerpt  

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 SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS 

"In Donlea's skillful hands, this story of obsession, murder, and the search for truth is both a compassionate character study and a compelling thriller.” 

—Kirkus Reviews  

PRAISE

FOR CHARLIE
DONLEA

NOVELS

 

 SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS 

“Donlea smoothly mixes red herrings and genuine clues...readers who relish a good puzzle will be rewarded.”

—Publisher's Weekly   

“Part 1970s serial-killer thriller and part contemporary Chicago crime novel, this deceptively quick read has something for everyone.”

—Booklist  

SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS

“A harrowing ride full of twists and turns.”—Press Republican 

 

SOME CHOOSE DARKNESS

Named one of the most

anticipated thrillers of
Summer 2019 

 

"The anxiety and deep cleansing breaths will be a must with this serial killer thriller."—SheReads

 

 DON'T BELIEVE IT

"[Y]ou can’t blame Charlie Donlea if the ending of his novel makes your jaw drop. The title alone — DON’T BELIEVE IT  — is fair warning that his characters are no more to be trusted than are our initial impressions of them."

—The New York Times Book Review 

 

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