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A Map of the Dark
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
12 posts | 12 read | 10 to read
A race-against-time thriller for fans of Tana French and Megan Abbott: to save a missing girl, FBI Agent Elsa Myers may have to lose herself... Even as her father lies dying in a hospital north of New York City, FBI Agent Elsa Myers can't ignore a call for help. A teenage girl has disappeared from Forest Hills, Queens, and during the critical first hours of the case, a series of false leads obscures the fact that she did not go willingly. With each passing hour, as the hunt for Ruby deepens into a search for a man who may have been killing for years, Elsa's carefully compartmentalized world collapses around her. She finds missing people, but she knows too well how it feels to be lost. Everything she has buried--her fraught relationship with her sister and niece, her self-destructive past, her mother's death--threatens to resurface, with devastating consequences. Can our most painful childhood secrets be forgotten? Or will they always find their way back into our adult lives? These questions lie at the heart of A Map of the Dark, a riveting portrait of a woman haunted by her family legacy, and a race-against-time thriller.
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DGRachel
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Mehso-so

This is probably a case of bad timing as I think I really need a break from all things violent and dark. Trigger warnings under a spoiler tag. I have to read the sequel because I got it from NetGalley, but I really don‘t like the MC, so it‘s going to be a struggle. The writing was okay - not terrible, but not memorable, either. If you‘ve got no other options and enjoy procedural thrillers, you‘ll probably enjoy it.

DGRachel TW: self-harm (cutting), child abuse (physical and emotional) 5y
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Hooked_on_books
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Pickpick

A girl goes missing, bringing together an FBI expert in missing persons cases and a local cop. This is a solid police procedural with enough hints of depth to the two investigators to keep things interesting. I won‘t be running out to find the next book, but I‘d certainly read it if it came my way.

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Itchyfeetreader
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Mehso-so

A predictable police procedural featuring a damaged FBI agent (are there any non damaged FBI agents in literature?!) working a missing teenager case. Twists were obvious a mile off but it was just what I needed to read yesterday so a so-so rather than a pan.

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Ckbadara
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book. It focused equally on the current day crime and the background of the main character. I‘m hoping that this book is the start of a new series. I was drawn in both by the crime at the center of the book and the development of the main character. This was a pick for me.

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Sid2
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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My next book from Netgalley..! Let's see how FBI agent Elsa Myers turns out !!

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OutsmartYourShelf
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
Mehso-so

I found this to be a solid crime read, with a fairly interesting plot. There was a little too much focus on the past for me, and it seemed to slow the urgency of the contemporary case down somewhat. Overall, a good read but doesn‘t break new ground in the genre. Rating: 3/5.

Thanks to Netgalley and publishers, Hodder & Stoughton, for the opportunity to read and review an ARC.

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Samantha.1020
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Saturday morning softball practice means a peppermint mocha and beginning this....

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MPL
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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New books prepared for you by the one and only Ken!

MrBook Wonderful!!! 6y
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TorieStorieS
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Pickpick

I finished my first book to #UsherInTheNewYear with this missing persons thriller featuring an FBI agent. #ShesGotClaws for sure as she works amongst a lot of her own trauma and issues to solve the case. It‘s out tomorrow officially for those who have counted this as one of their #AnticipatedJanuaryReads. A little predictable but still a solid read! #StartingANewJanuary @writerlibrarian #NUYear @Cinfhen #JanInBooks18 @bookisglee

Cinfhen Thanks for posting & sharing 💚 6y
TorieStorieS @Cinfhen Thank you for always creating fun monthly challenges!! I look forward to adding them to my calendar each month!! 6y
Cinfhen Yay!! That makes me so happy😃but this awesome list is 100% all @TrishB 🙌🏻 6y
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TorieStorieS @Cinfhen @TrishB Thank you both!!! 😄 6y
TrishB Great pick 👍🏻 I have loved all of @Cinfhen challenges and so excited to be co-hosting 😁 6y
TorieStorieS @TrishB @Cinfhen I agree!! What fun!! 😄 6y
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TorieStorieS
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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Happy New Year, everyone!! Finished my last book of 2017 earlier and the tagged book will be my first of 2018!! 🍾🍾🍾

Eggs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TorieStorieS @Eggs Thanks!!! 😊 6y
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Matilda
A Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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🐐: heyhey human so I see you're still doing that reading thing and okay so yeah I'm 45 minutes early on my actual dinner time but if I just sit super close like this and do some deep sighs about my empty food bowl I'm hoping for some favorable results. And by that I mean I'm gonna annoy you until you feeeeeeed meeeeeeeeee.

JanuarieTimewalker13 I‘m usually hungry before my usual time too, so, I getcha kiddo🐾❤️ 6y
Sace Schedules are for punks lol 6y
BookMaven407 This is post is great! How do you know my 🐶? They always start giving us the stare down an hour early on the weekends. 6y
Matilda @BookMaven407 her time got moved up recently half an hour bc of schedule and automatically she wanted it an hour before that anyways 😂 6y
BookMaven407 Yes! Whoever said dogs have no sense of time was dead wrong. 6y
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Matilda
Map of the Dark | Karen Ellis
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