A Map of the Dark

Karen Ellis

Jan 2018 · The Searchers Book 1 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Lisa Flanagan

About this audiobook

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.

As the hours tick by, the hunt for the girl deepens into a search for a man who may have been killing for years. Elsa's carefully compartmentalized world begins to collapse around her. She can find 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.

Ratings and reviews

I gave this audiobook a try, hoping it would be decent. It was excellent! I did figure out an end of story plot twist early on, but it was still a shock to hear how it went down. This was a great thriller read and I'd definitely recommend it! There was a little of a shock nearer the end about a possible relationship triangle that I didn't see coming, but it was a great way to tie things up. Hoping there will be some kind of relationship tie-in with the second book of this series, but I won't be upset if there's not. I'm about to find out though!

About the author

Novelist Karen Ellis lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.