BOOK REVIEW - Into The Dark by J.A.Schneider

It's one of life's moral dilemma's that fortunately not many people are faced with as they go about their everyday lives. If you see someone who is obviously in some sort of distress, do you go to their assistance or pretend you haven't seen anything and walk away? You would have hoped that most people would be prepared to offer assistance especially if the victim is a young child. Unfortunately as I know from personal experience, this is not always true, there are people who have no qualms about walking past a child who is in distress.

 Fortunately the heroine of this dark and chilling thriller Annie is not someone who walks away when she thinks she witnesses a young woman being assaulted. Unfortunately that one act of kindness will result in Annie being plunged into a living nightmare of paranioa, doubt and fear and the deterioration of her seemingly perfect marriage to psychiatrist Ben. When Annie mentions what she thought she witnessed why does he keep insisting that she doesn't get involved? That she didn't see what she thought she saw,that if she gets involved she will be bringing their lives and the life of their young daughter to the attention of the media and possibly placing their lives in danger. It causes Annie to wonder if maybe her husband has something to hide, That there is something about the assault that he doesn't want her to uncover. So despite her growing feelings of anxiety and mistrust, a lot of encouragment from Ben's son Colin and help from Lieutenant Connor Payne who had suspicious about the death of Ben's first wife Susannah, she continues her investigations into the assault.

 I really liked Annie, she was a very realistic character who was feisty, stubborn but also had moments of doubt and flaws that made her more human and relatable. I also liked Colin and how he backed Annie and was willing to go against his father's wishes and help her discover the truth. But was I right in liking him or did he have his own personal reasons for helping Annie? The intensity builds as the story unfolds and Annie and the reader discover the true nature that Ben has been hiding behind his careful constructed mask and find ourselves caught up in a chilling game of cat and mouse.

As with all Joyce Schneider's thrillers this is a very well written story that covers some very dark themes and causes the reader to experience a wide range of emotions. The reader is drawn into her characters fictional but scarily realistic lives and kept glued to your kindle as the story unfolded before your captivated eyes. I love this very talented author's books and can't wait to read what she has in store for her reader's in her next book.

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J.A. (Joyce Anne) Schneider is a former staffer at Newsweek Magazine. She is the author of the Embryo medical thriller series, and of the Detective Kerri Blasco Police/Psychological Thrillers Fear Dreams, Her Last Breath, and Watching You.

She loves to hear from her readers. Her email address is joyce (at) jaschneiderauthor.net, her website is http://jaschneiderauthor.net, and come say hi on Facebook http://tinyurl.com/7fm44mk. Also join her website's Newsletter to hear about sales and new books about to release! She lives with her family in Connecticut, loves gardening, and is working on her next Detective Kerri Blasco thriller.

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