ROMANCE

Girl in the Dark

by Marion Pauw
Morrow. Feb. 2016. 336p. tr. from Dutch by Hester Velmans. ISBN 9780062424792. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062424815. F
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This U.S. debut by Dutch author Pauw is another entry in the domestic thriller category. Iris is a single mother and a lawyer who is trying to keep her career on track while parenting her son. Ray has been locked up in prison for eight years for a double murder he claims he did not commit. The story is told in alternate chapters by Ray and Iris, and we soon learn that these two are siblings. Why didn't Iris's mother tell her about her brother? After visiting him, Iris decides to help Ray prove his innocence. Ray is the spitting image of her son, Aaron, and seems to be too gentle to have killed a young mother and her daughter.
VERDICT Already a best seller in Europe with over 200,000 copies sold and winner of the Golden Noose Award in the Netherlands, this very readable, fast-faced thriller will keep readers who enjoyed Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train turning the pages. [See Prepub Alert, 8/10/15.]
Reviewed by Robin Nesbitt, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., OH , Jan 29, 2016
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