“Things We Do In The Dark” is my third Jennifer Hiller book. I loved both “Jar of Hearts” and “Little Secrets.” She doesn’t disappoint.

Paris Peralta wakes up one morning in her husband's bathroom. She's covered in blood. A fatal cut leaves him dead in the bathtub.

Police find her holding a straight razor next to her deceased husband. Paris didn't kill him, but they arrested her on suspicion of murder.

Elsewhere in the world, Investigative Journalist Drew Malcolm is getting ready to produce a new season of his podcast, which focuses on convicted killer Ruby Reyes. She's about to be released from prison.

Paris’s past will soon come back to haunt her.

Jennifer Hiller always keeps me turning the pages. Her characters are well-developed. Hillier introduces many characters and several timelines. Everything flows nicely. At no time is the reader confused or bored. Hillier took me on so many twists and turns. She masterfully brings everything together at the end of the book
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Jennifer Hillier is one of my favorite authors and this book was no different. I love the way that her writing keeps me on the edge of my seat and I already can't wait for her next book

This one had me reading from the get go, anytime there is a setting with the rich and the famous I always suspect a juicy plot. It definitely had some twists and turns, some expected and others unexpected. I enjoyed this one all the way through but it did feel a little short at the end.

Thank you NetGalley for this digital ARC! I am finally getting around to it and I don’t know why it took me so long! Hillier has done it again! I loved this so much! It was predictable to me, especially as someone who reads a good amount of thriller novels. However, I was here for the ride and uncovering Jimmy and Paris’ truth. This isn’t a typical thriller in my opinion. Hillier delivers on so many levels, there are thriller aspects, mystery aspects and even some romance that’s as the reader, I was fully cheering for in the end. My actual rating is 4.5 just because it was predictable and wasn’t as atmospheric as I would have liked. However, I will alway pick up Hillier’s novels because she’s from Toronto, Canada (my hometown) and I love all of the truly Torontonian references and to support local authors. Also, because she has never let me down. I always enjoy the ride and Things We Do in the Dark is no exception.

I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and Jennifer Hillier
for free e-ARC in return of my honest review.

Jennifer Hillier is a master of her genre, she knows well how to thrill and keep the reader on edge all book long. I enjoyed the plot development and twists and turns. I think the character development is amazing as well, it was well done and pleasure to read. At the same time, there is some predictability to the story, which was a bit annoying.

At any rate, I enjoyed the story and looking forward to new work from Jennifer Hillier.

She did it again! LOVED this. Could not put it down. Got my attention right off the bat and kept it until the very last word. Great character and plot development.

Jennifer Hillier explores the dark corners of human nature in this psychological drama. The story follows Paris Peralta as she is accused of killing her famous husband. While Paris is upset about the prospect of prison, she's more concerned that the life she's worked so hard to craft over the last twenty-five years will cease to exist. Many of the twists were predictable, but I enjoyed the use of multiple timelines and perspectives.

A woman is charged with murdering her famous comedian husband. She knows she didn’t do it, but how can she prove it? The court of public opinion is certain it was her and they would love to see her rot for it. After all, everyone already believes she’s a nobody. A gold-digger just out for his money. What no one’s knows is that she is famous in her own right, but you would never know it because she’s changed her name and run away from her terrible past. A past in which her mother, convicted or murder herself, is about to be released. Like mother like daughter right? Will her past catch up to her and make her look more guilty? Will she find out what truly happened to her husband? Or will everything crash and burn?

What We Do in the Dark is about who we are when no one is watching, and the person we portray when they are. Hillier crafts a wonderful narrative with a narrator that may or not be unreliable.

I really wanted to love this one, but just didn't. The beginning was interesting, but the middle just dragged on and on it seemed. It picked up towards the end, but too little too late. ⭐⭐

The novel started out well and had me gripped for a while, but I found that there was backstory, a lot of backstory, that just left me disinterested. The narrative just slowed the pace down to where it no longer became enjoyable.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. A quick read, couldn’t put the book down. A mystery/thriller which had me guessing. Loved the twists. Definitely recommend!!!!

My first read by Jennifer Hiller. I wouldn’t really say this was a thriller. It felt more like a police procedural whodunnit? Not sure how to convey that, but having read a lot of thrillers, I would not classify it as such.

Paris was a very intriguing character, but even so I had a very hard time getting into this story. There was quite a bit that just felt very unrealistic to me, like, “really? that’s a bit far-fetched and the police would never do that.” type of unrealistic. But it’s fiction so I had to suspend reality a bit.

Told from three points of view, there’s a lot of twists in this story but quite a bit of it was predictable and easy to guess certain things. The suspense/thriller aspect was lackluster, and parts of the story dragged for me.

Overall, the story had a lot of promise, I just don’t think it was executed in a way that worked for me. I was pretty fascinated with Ruby but not enough that this story will stick in my mind down the road.

This book unfortunately did not live up to Hiller's other novels which are really good. This one just fell flat. There just wasn't Hiller's style of who dun it and me trying to work it all out. Although there is a twist, just wasn't the same anticipation.

Things We Do in the Dark is a great new thriller by Jennifer Hillier. I have enjoyed all of her books, as they are suspenseful and unpredictable. Paris is accused of killing her celebrity husband, and her past is coming back to haunt her. But she says she didn't do it. The final confrontation left a little to be desired but overall I loved the twists and turns.

This was time-jumping dark thriller about a celebrity’s wife who is running from her past. Paris Peralta is thrust into the spotlight when her much-older, famous husband (to whom she has been quietly married) is found dead in his bathtub. Paris fears going down for the crime, but also what this means for her carefully crafted life that holds a massive secret.

The book focuses on Paris and the aftermath of the death of Jimmy (her husband), a podcaster who is working on a story about the infamous “Ice Queen” of Toronto, and the plot line of a down-on-her-luck girl named Joey. Occasionally the switch in POV and time period was hard to follow, but it got easier as the story progressed.

There are some content/trigger warnings throughout, and this was a dark read from start to finish. While I guessed one of the major “twists” right away, it was still a worthwhile read. It was exciting to see how the different pieces would come together and to find out what really happened to Paris.

Overall I enjoyed reading this book. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

This book was tough for me to get through, due to the amount of abuse suffered by the MC.

It has quite a lot going on, so it was interesting seeing how the subplots interweave into the main story of a wife being charged with the murder of her husband.

The pacing was steady, and the revelations kept coming. However, at times I was so angered/outraged/frustrated at what the MC had to endure, I was temped to stop. But ultimately, I soldiered on till the end.

It was an engaging read that I consider more a mystery than a thriller.

Love love love love love. I may have a new favorite Jennifer Hillier book and this is the 5th of hers I’ve read. Fast paced, twisty, emotional, this one has it all

I enjoyed this one but it fell a bit flat for me at times and I found myself struggling to keep interest. I did finish it and did enjoy it at the end.

Sooo good! One of my faves to read! Definitely would recommend picking this one up if you see it in the store!