Find You in the Dark is said to be in the same league as Dexter and that alone catch my attention. Reading the blurb had me sold. It sounds dark and just plain creepy. This started real strong on the first few chapters. Starting off with a murder scene and introducing Martin in the middle of his hobby. The plot is original and I had high hopes. But it pretty much slows down after that. And despite some curveball thrown in along the way, I am not that invested as I hoped I would. I don’t find any of the characters interesting. And I even don’t care much about what happens to them. I also don’t get most of the conversations between characters and I find myself skimming the pages. Despite the promising plot, I am bored. What keeps me reading, though, aside from hoping that things will get better, is the desire to know what will happen next. Plus the tension was built quite good, so there is that. At the last 20% of the book, the story finally picked up to make up for the slow pacing. So, considering some issues, I still find it an okay read. A decent thriller but definitely could be better.

Is Martin a good guy or bad guy? Does his wife know what he does? A twisted plot that keeps you guessing until you know; or do you? You may be a little uncomfortable with what you’ll accept, or maybe not. Read it/Hear it and see; it’s mesmerizing!

Really didn't enjoy this novel, how anyone can say that it is reminicent of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley novels cannot be a lover of her deep, entralling and challenging novels.

Slow moving and absolutely no connection to the characters. Found myself skimming a lot in hopes to just get the the end. Really disappointing.

Thankyou to NetGalley, Text Publishing and Nathan Ripley for the opportunity to read and review a copy of Find You In The Dark.
From the description of this novel, I jumped at the chance to read this book. I had such high hopes that it would meet my expectations because the storyline is something that would appeal to me.
Unfortunately, this book fell far short of what I thought it would be like which is a shame. I found the storyline to be very slow and the characters far from engaging. I really struggled with finishing this book. I am sad to say that this book did nothing for me.

Find You In The Dark has a very interesting premise which sets it apart from many other novels in the same genre. The characters are interesting and complex, and I liked the twist on the main protagonist - instead of being a detective, reporter or someone else trying ot solve a case, he's battling for justice in a very different way - by finding the bodies and, in doing so, highlighting how useless the police are at their jobs! He's therefore a really unique character, and I really liked that side of the story. Overall, however, I found the plot a little slow for me and I struggled to stay focussed on the story. The other characters failed to grab my attention properly and, though it had a lot of potential, I didn't really connect with this one unfortunately.

This was the first book I’ve read by Nathan Ripley. I found it moved very slow....I struggled to connect with the characters. I kept hoping that it would pick up, that I could get into it, unfortunately I just didn’t enjoy this book.

I really struggled to connect with any of the characters in this one, I'm afraid. An interesting premise with a blurb that overpromised and a plot that under delivered.

I had major issues with the pacing of this book. I felt once the plot was moving it would slow down. Also I didn’t really like the characters and he ending did not blow me away.

I loved Naben Ruthnum's Curry, so I was rooting for his debut thriller novel. It's a slow burn and goes to some dark places, minus the gore. It needed to be a gripping character study but the main character, Martin Reese, was curiously blank. His foil, the female cop Sandra Whittal, was equally blank. An interesting premise about privacy, Silicon Valley culture and true crime obsessives that sadly didn't go very far or leave much of an impression.

What a creepy, fun, exciting book! It may not be for everyone, but for those of us who like the off-beat, slightly twisted tale this is nirvana!
This is a debut for this author and I can not wait to see what they give us next! Just fantastic!!!!!

Martin Reese is a digger. He finds the graves of serial killer victims whom the police haven’t been able to find throughout the years. After taking photos of the bones for his own personal collection, he calls the police anonymously and informs them of his find. He likes what he does and is meticulous and thorough. Nobody, not even his wife and daughter know what he does in his so called “camping trips”.
All is well, until he finds a grave, which is supposed to be hiding 20 year old bones of a victim. But the grave hides more than the bones. There is a newly murdered corpse under the pile of bones. Someone has been following him. Someone knows his secret and is threatening to expose him.

This book had its ups and downs. The story-line was unique and intriguing but was slow-paced and predictable. There were too many details, repetitions, drawn-out inner dialogues and redundant conversations. The book could have been shorter. Much much shorter.

Thanks to Nathan Ripley, Text Publishing UK and Netgalley for the advanced copy.

A good, solid read about Martin who likes dig up serial killer victim's remains. That a lone had me intrigued and wanting to read the book! I enjoyed this book. I found the story line a nice change from my usual reads and it had a good solid start, middle and end. I look forward to reading more of this author's work.

This book started out with potential, but really fell flat. I didn't like any of the female characters and the male weren't much better. The pacing was also a problem for me. It would be going along and then slow right down.

I'm going to give this a 2.5 since I originally started out liking it. Thanks Netgalley for the book in exchange for an honest opinion.

A tightly written book that makes the reader question whether there is any person is really who they appear to be to the outside world, their nearest and dearest and even, in the end, themselves.

3.5- This is the story of Martin Reese, whose nearly obsessive hobby of finding and digging up victims of serial killers, the ones cops had yet to find, gets him and his family into quite a lot of trouble.

Unlike many thrillers, this isn’t a quick, fun, read. It’s a bit long for your typical thriller and not quite as fast paced. That being said, the story is intriguing enough to keep you reading even in the slow bits. Though enjoyable, I found the mystery a bit predictable and the main character is rather unlikable. It’s obvious that Martin is written intentionally to be unlikable, so if you enjoy that type of character you may like this more than I did. Personally, that’s just not my favorite type of protagonist. This story is extremely dark and the descriptions can be quite graphic, which is a positive in my opinion but is worth noting for anyone interested in reading the novel.

Overall I do think that readers of dark thrillers would enjoy his book, but will probably find it predictable as I did.

I loved the synopsis and thought this would be a book that I would love. Unfortunately I was not a fan of the writing style or the pacing of the book.

I found the beginning of the book to be interesting but once the Martin become hunted by someone else I lost all interest. The characters all felt flat and unlikeable. I wasn't sure who I was supposed to even like. I wasn't shocked by anything in the book and I found it a highly unlikely thing to happen in real life.

The book was hard to decipher at first. The plot was very jumbled and I was not sure what the character did for a living or his cause. This caused me to lose interest and become bored with the story as I was unsure what was going on. I think the story had good potential with the mystery aspect; I just think it was not executed well.

I was a little bit dubious during the first half of this book. It felt like I'd been reading for ages and not much was happening and I was 47% done. Then, BAM, all of a sudden I was being knocked over by all the curve balls coming at me from every direction. I finished the last 53% by staying up until 2.30am because I simply had to see what happened. Very cleverly, somehow, Nathan Ripley has made a weird, loaded, tech geek into a sympathetic character. How did he do that? I still can't work out why I wanted Martin to come out of all the mire smelling of roses, (if you'll pardon the mixed metaphor). Perseverance paid dividends!!!

Martin Reese and his wife, Ellen, have a teenage daughter named Kylie. Ellen’s sister is missing for twenty years. The serial killer charged with her disappearance is dead. After selling his tech company, Martin starts buying info from a dirty cop about missing women, trying to find his wife’s sister, and during the process he becomes obsessed with digging up the bones of murdered women. Find You In The Dark made me ponder the gray area between right and wrong, and ask myself just how far I would go to find someone.

The Ragman! Oh how I enjoyed his character. I wanted to read more of his dark, twisted, thoughts, motivations, and actions. What an interesting monster he is.

This is a slow burn, but somehow I found myself longing to read it, wondering what was going to happen next, and staying up way past my bedtime trying to figure out who Martin Reese really was. I now realize I love to read stories about people who live a secret life.

I disliked the cliché rich-man-not-paying-attention-to-beautiful-wife story line. Ellen is a spoiled, selfish woman. I didn’t care about her at all. She is overprotective when it comes to her daughter, yet doesn’t wonder what her own husband is doing on overnight solo camping trips.

The pace is slow for a thriller over the first half of the book, and I felt like the characters didn’t come to life until the last quarter. If you like a fast-paced thriller, this is not the book for you. However, if you’re into a slow burn with a sprint to the finish, then be sure to check this one out.