Dark
Room
Non-series
Andrea
Kane
William
Morrow (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-06-074134-1 (0060741341)
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-074134-1 (9780060741341)
Publication Date: March 2007
List Price: $23.95
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Seventeen years ago, Morgan Winter was traumatized by
the discovery of her parents' brutally murdered bodies in a Brooklyn
basement on Christmas Eve. Now shocking new evidence overturns the
killer's conviction and Morgan is confronted with the horrifying
realization that the real killer is still out there.
Trapped in an emotional hell, she hires Pete "Monty" Montgomery, the
former NYPD detective who first investigated her parents' homicides.
Now a PI, Monty has a personal score to settle—a promise he
made to Morgan, the helpless child long ago, that he'd find her
parents' killer. With nothing more than an old case file and the
original crime scene photos, Monty enlists the specialized skills of
his son, Lane, a photojournalist whose job is a perfect cover for the
clandestine image analysis he conducts for the CIA. Constantly
thrill-seeking, Lane is used to gambling and putting his own life on
the line—for country, for journalistic integrity, for the
adrenaline rush. But this time, the stakes are different ... and this
time, he can't afford to lose.
The murderer is still at large and has never stopped watching Morgan
from the shadows, making sure a dark secret remains buried. Now,
Morgan's fierce determination to uncover the truth consumes her,
plunging her into the dark and terrifying past and an increasingly
dangerous present.
Lane is closing in on the truth. But in a cruel twist of fate, what he
exposes may be far more shocking and devastating to Morgan than anyone
could imagine.
Review:
Dark
Room, by Andrea Kane, tells
of the horror and sadness of Morgan Winter who was only ten years old
when she ran happily into the room on Christmas Eve and found her
parents lying on the floor, brutally murdered. Seventeen years have now
passed; Morgan and her best friend, Jill Shore, have gone into a
lucrative business together. Life is good! Then one day all the
memories of the cruel assault and the violence begin to resurface as
she is told that the man who was arrested for and convicted of the
murder of her parents was innocent.
Andrea Kane vividly brings to life each character in her book, their
roles, their traits and their temperaments. Monty, the crusty private
investigator and former police officer who was in charge of the crime's
investigation seventeen years ago, has been hired by Morgan to delve
into the past and find the real killer of her parents.
There’s the flamboyant Senator Shore and his loving wife, who
were Morgan’s parents closest friends, and who became legal
guardians of Morgan. They brought her up as their own with their young
daughter, Jill, who was Morgan’s best friend from very early
childhood. We are told about the Senator’s parents and his
wife’s parents and Monty’s son. We meet some of
their friends and colleagues, men and women, of seventeen years ago,
some who were actively involved with the investigation back then.
Not only is this a mystery, it is a unique story of the love of parents
and children, of men and women and warm friendships. All of the friends
and family come to the aid of Monty. Some have stories that may be
useful; others can talk to people who may remember the incident. Morgan
has pictures and does the Senator and his wife. Much has happened in
forensic science over the seventeen years, so these old clues may have
new answers. Every one is a suspect now, friends, old comrades, and
even the women involved with these men.
Piece by piece, Monty starts putting the seventeen-year-old puzzle
together. When he is finished, he is as astonished as the reader to
discover the culprit.
Andrea Kane's Dark Room
is an “I don’t want to put it down“ kind
of book.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Dark Room and to Book Trends for providing an ARC of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2007 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Location(s) referenced: New York City.
