The Familiar Dark

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Two 12-year-old girls are murdered at the town playground. Two little girls who were best friends. Two little girls that never got to live out their lives. Two little girls .. one from the poor side of town with only a single mother.... a mother who loved her daughter unconditionally ... the mom who would do anything to have her back. The other ... not rich, but well off, with two parents who loved their daughter with everything they had. Eve Taggart may have been raised on the wrong side of the tracks, but her daughter was everything to her. Junie was a smart, happy kid. Who on earth wanted her dead? Izzy, maybe not as smart as Junie, but a sweet innocent child. Who on earth wanted her dead. Eve learned one thing from her own abusive mother ... nobody messes with family and you never let anyone take anything from you. Eve is desperate with grief and decides to find out the truth ... who killed her child and why. But small towns have big secrets. Eve looks around ... the man who works at the tire store and watches young girls a little too closely .... the man she had an affair with who loves his alcohol and easily becomes mean and unpredictable at times ... the woman whose boyfriend she stole while in high school ... the killer could be any of these ... or none of these. Other than WHO, the one constant thought is WHY? And Eve wants nothing more than to dish out her own brand of justice for her daughter. This is a complex, emotional journey of women who do the best they can do for their daughters in dire circumstances. It's a love story. It's an emotional roller coaster as the reader follows Eve, with her memories of growing up, with her thoughts of the choices she has made over the years. There are secrets and lies and twists and turns that lead to an unpredictable ending. Tissues may be required for this reading. Many thanks to the author / Penguin Group - Dutton / Netgalley for the digital copy of this riveting crime fiction thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

4.5 stars. The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel is a gritty and completely enthralling mystery set in a poverty-stricken town in the Missouri Ozarks. In hopes of making a better life for her daughter, Junie, single mother Eve Taggert and her brother Cal have managed to escape their dysfunctional and abusive childhood. Eve works as a waitress at a local diner and Cal is a deputy in the Sheriff’s office. They helped one another survive their horrific childhood and Eve has completely cut their meth-addicted, hard as nails mother out of both her and Junie’s lives. Eve has worked hard to give Junie a good life and she has successfully suppressed the darker aspects of her personality. But after twelve year old Junie and her best friend Izzie Logan are brutally murdered, Eve’s grief turns to rage as she begins searching for their killer. After Junie’s death, Eve’s more civilized veneer is stripped away as she begins her hunt for her killer. Despite her hope the murderer comes from Izzy’s life, she begins her investigation into her own past. After reluctantly asking her estranged mother for help, Eve seeks answers from her former boyfriend, Jimmy Ray Fulton, who runs the local drug business and owns a strip club. Cautiously approaching the man who abused her throughout their relationship years earlier, Eve is surprised and slightly puzzled by the advice he offers her. Eve also relies on Cal to provide her with answers since the sheriff’s office is in charge of the investigation. Cal has long been the rock she relies on and he has taken his niece’s death extremely hard. Cal’s attempts to rein in her investigation are futile as Eve plows headlong into danger in order to find justice for Junie. The Familiar Dark is an intense, atmospheric mystery that is somewhat dark and disturbing. The storyline is engrossing and touches on many sensitive issues such as drug addiction, domestic abuse, child neglect and abuse of power by men in authoritative roles. The poverty, small town setting and surrounding hollers are vividly brought to life and add to the story’s overall feeling of bleakness and despair. Amy Engel brings this mesmerizing mystery to a twist-filled conclusion that is shocking yet astonishingly satisfying. I thoroughly enjoyed and HIGHLY recommend this tension-filled mystery. I received a complimentary copy for review.