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When the Stars Go Dark
by Paula McLain
3.5 Stars for this Atmospheric Slow Build Mystery
After a personal tragedy, Anna Hart leaves her life as a missing persons detective in San Francisco to return home to Mendocino, California. When she arrives, she gets drawn into the case of a local missing teen, one that is hauntingly similar to an unsolved murder from her childhood.
Known for her historical fiction, Paula McLain successfully tries her hand at the mystery & thriller genre. When the Stars Go Dark is a character study of a cop haunted by her own traumas who sees herself in the victims. Instead of page-turning action, you get a slow atmospheric build-up similar to Liz Moore's Long Bright River.
After a personal tragedy, Anna Hart leaves her life as a missing persons detective in San Francisco to return home to Mendocino, California. When she arrives, she gets drawn into the case of a local missing teen, one that is hauntingly similar to an unsolved murder from her childhood.
Known for her historical fiction, Paula McLain successfully tries her hand at the mystery & thriller genre. When the Stars Go Dark is a character study of a cop haunted by her own traumas who sees herself in the victims. Instead of page-turning action, you get a slow atmospheric build-up similar to Liz Moore's Long Bright River.