Audiobook (abridged)5 hours
Hello, Darkness: A Novel
Written by Sandra Brown
Narrated by Victor Slezak
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red comes Hello, Darkness, a brilliant, fast-paced tale about a woman haunted by her past and caught in a nightmare that threatens to destroy her future.
For Paris Gibson, her popular late-night radio show is both an escape and her one real contact with the outside world. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their requests but listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice.
Paris’s world of isolation is shattered when one listener—a man who identifies himself only as “Valentino”—tells her that the girl he loves jilted him because of Paris’s on-air advice. Now he intends to exact his revenge: first he plans to kill the girl—then he will come after Paris.
Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race against time in an effort to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat. To her dismay, she finds that she must now work with crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget.
As the clock ticks down and Valentino’s threats come closer to becoming reality, Paris finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all.
Tense and compelling right up to the chilling climax, Hello, Darkness is suspense at its very best, by the author USA TODAY dubbed “a masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats.”
For Paris Gibson, her popular late-night radio show is both an escape and her one real contact with the outside world. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their requests but listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice.
Paris’s world of isolation is shattered when one listener—a man who identifies himself only as “Valentino”—tells her that the girl he loves jilted him because of Paris’s on-air advice. Now he intends to exact his revenge: first he plans to kill the girl—then he will come after Paris.
Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race against time in an effort to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat. To her dismay, she finds that she must now work with crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget.
As the clock ticks down and Valentino’s threats come closer to becoming reality, Paris finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all.
Tense and compelling right up to the chilling climax, Hello, Darkness is suspense at its very best, by the author USA TODAY dubbed “a masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats.”
Author
Sandra Brown
Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers. She has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. Four books have been adapted for film. She lives in Texas.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Her books are always enjoyable and this one was the same. However there are some that are much better.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoyable and suspenceful.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast moving story. Will keep you readingVery Good
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This wasn't one of my favorites. I didn't connect with Paris or Dean and the criminal element they were up against turned out to be absolute scum. Overall it was alright. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, either. ***Mature / Adult Content***
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5DJ Paris Gibson wears dark glasses and values her privacy, but loves her job as a sounding board for her late-night love-song radio show. Until one of her callers reveals a sick fascination for her. When he calls in claiming to have kidnapped his last girlfriend and gives Paris a 72 hour deadline to find him or the girl dies, Paris finds herself living a nightmare. And when the police psychologist turns out to share some history, the ground under her feet gets even shakier... is it possible the killer is someone from her own past?If Brown hadn't tried quite so hard for her twists, this would have been a lot more fun to read. Still, an ending that I didn't quite see coming.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book will keep you up late at night. Sandra Brown did a great job on this one. I truly enjoyed this read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not very good. Didnt like it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hello, Darkness was a spell binding tale of murder and mystery with just a touch of romance. Sandra Brown kept you guessing right up until the end. She wove a fantastic story that showed that she did her homework on the technical side of law enforcement and radio broadcasting. Great job Sandra Brown.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In this book by Sandra Brown, Paris Gibson is host of a late night radio program where she plays music and talks to listeners, sometimes giving them advice. As the book opens, Paris receives a phone call from someone calling himself "Valentino", saying he has kidnapped his girlfriend and will kill her within 72 hours. Paris goes to the police and runs into an old flame, Dr. Dean Malloy. Paris and Dean struggle with the past as well as their feelings for each other, while trying to find Valentino before he kills his girlfriend. This is another exciting thriller by Sandra Brown. She is expert at giving just enough information that makes you keep turning the pages to find out more. There are plenty of suspects who could be Valentino and his identity is not revealed until the exciting climax of the book. I highly recommend this book, but don't start it too late at night or you may find yourself staying up all night to finish it!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This bookwas well-written and piqued my interest early on. The characters areextremely well developed and there were enough reasonable suspects to keepme guessing for most of the book. I figured out who but couldn't quitefigure out why, so the ending held enough of a surprise to make itsatisfying.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Romance, suspense, murder all rolled into one. I liked it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A really good read, I never knew for sure "whodunnit" until the very end and will look out for more books by Sandra Brown.