Rachel Krall, famous podcaster, has been called in to help on a case by the FBI. Terry Bailey is being released from jail in a few days. No one has visited him his entire sentence, until one week prior when influencer Maddison Logan visits him- and then goes missing. Rachel goes undercover at BuzzCon to find out if anyone has any idea what happened to her.

I read this immediately after finishing The Night Swim. The format is very different from the first book in the Rachel Krall series. I loved the format of book 1, so it did take me a little bit to get into this book, but once I did I could not put it down. I loved how the different storylines came together in a way that did not feel overly far fetched. Rachel was a little more annoying at the start of this book than in book 1, but she did grow on me. My biggest wish would be for the podcast chapters to be more clearly labeled. Maybe it was an ebook issue, but the slight font change took me a few chapters to notice so it ended up being pretty confusing for me at the start.

Thank you NetGalley for an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the new book by Megan Goldin, wonderfully narrated by André Santana, January LaVoy, and Samantha Desz - 4.5 stars rounded up!

Rachel Krall, who has a podcast called Guilty or Not Guilty, and has been called upon by the FBI to go to Florida to assist on a case. The search is on for a missing social media influencer, Maddison, who disappeared hours after visiting Terence Bailey, convicted for breaking and entering, but suspected of murdering multiple women. When Maddison goes missing, authorities wonder if he is working with someone on the outside and why Maddison even went to visit him. Rachel goes undercover at BuzzCon, a convention for social media influencers, to try and find out more about Maddison. But suddenly Rachel may be in serious trouble.

This is the second in the Rachel Krall series and while it can definitely be read as a stand alone, it's a great series to start from the beginning! This was an interesting look into the dark side of social media influencers and a peek into that surreal world. Rachel is a great character and this is at its heart a good police procedural, with lots of tension and twists. A must read series and I can't wait for more to come!

This story is told is told in multiple points of view in alternating chapters including third person from podcaster Rachel Krall, rideshare driver Thomas McCoy and FBI Agent Joe Martinez interspersed with episodes from Rachel’s podcast in first person. This is the second book in the Rachel Krall series but can be read as a stand-alone although I highly recommend The Night Swim.

This story finds Rachel traveling to Florida on the FBI’s dime to speak to a prisoner when his recent visitor, a media influencer goes missing. Rachel finds herself in the midst of a social media influencer convention along the way, which made for some head shaking at some of the obsessions over engagement and stress over content that I’m sure a lot of us can relate to if we let ourselves get too caught up in it. It also created a mix of characters to get mixed up in the case of a missing girl, previous murders and even new bodies to be found.

While I enjoyed the mystery here, this story had a less personal feel for me. I was missing an empathetic victim point of view here that I felt like I needed to really engage. I prefer mysteries where I have to guess the identity of the perpetrator and I’d rather not view the story from a serial killer’s point of view, but that’s a personal dislike of mine. Other may enjoy it. I enjoyed the story, but I didn’t find it twisty and wasn’t surprised by the end. Hopefully I’ll enjoy the next one more.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for a copy provided for an honest review.

I am so glad to be back in the world of Rachel Krall and her Guilty or Not Guilty podcast. Since reading The Night Swim, I’ve slowly devoured every book that Megan has written and this is officially ranking as my next favorite.

From the first few chapters, I was hooked. I love the multiple perspectives, the budding romance, and especially the bad guy’s chapters. I do wish there was a LITTLE more podcast as part of the book, but there was so much other drama and plot that it wasn’t lacking a thing.

I saw a few of the turns coming, but the ones I didn’t see had me reeling.

Now that there’s a sequel to The Night Swim, I can only hope that Rachel Krall becomes a series. Please?

Dark Corners brings back, Rachel Krall, the popular podcaster of “Guilty or Not Guilty” a podcast that has helped wrongly accused criminals. We first met Rachel in The Night Swim.

Rachel is asked by the FBI to come to Florida to see an inmate, Terence Bailey, who has asked to see her. Bailey is due to be released.
He was suspected of the serial killings of young women, unfortunately there wasn't real evidence to convict of him of those crimes. He was charged with a different offense. Bailey had a visitor, a social media influencer, Maddison Logan. Maddison goes missing and a body that could be her, is found by her home. Rachel begins to investigate, butting heads with the FBI Agent, Joe Martinez. She begins to infiltrate the world of social media. There are a few more bodies and some twists to keep the story moving.

I had high expectations for this book based on the previous Rachel Krall novel. I am sorry to say I was disappointed. I found Rachel to be unlikable in this book. She was argumentative much of the time. This is not a bad book, per se, just not up to par with The Night Swim, which I enjoyed. I found it to be somewhat predictable and therefore, it left me with a "blah" feeling at the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, for an ARC. The review is my own.

Dark Corners by Megan Goldin is a highly recommended mystery/thriller and the second novel after Night Swim featuring Rachel Krall, a famous true crime podcaster.

Maddison Logan, a popular influencer, disappeared after visiting inmate Terrance Bailey. Bailey, convicted for breaking and entering, is scheduled to be released in two days, but he is still a suspect in the murders of six women. Rachel Krall's name came up in the investigation of Maddison's disappearance so the FBI asked her to visit Bailey before his release. The visit yeilds no new information but Rachel decides to stay in Florida and even agreed to attend, undercover, BuzzCon, a popular conference for social media influencers. She thought she would be able to get more information about Maddison from those attending.

Readers will assiduously have suspend all disbelief that FBI agent Martinez would ask a true crime podcaster (no matter how famous or how many followers she has or how insistent she is) to assist in an investigation. Yeah they might infiltrate a conference undercover, but it would be with their agents. Sure, Rachel certainly has the right to stay in Florida and look into the case on her own, but the FBI wouldn't be giving her info. Rachel herself is an not entirely believable character.

Chapters in the narrative alternate between the voice of the killer, the FBI investigation, and Rachel. Adding to the mix are occasional excerpts from Rachel's podcast of the case, obviously told after the fact. Sometimes this presentation of alternate viewpoints and transcripts work for me and sometimes it doesn't. It wasn't entirely successful this time. Perhaps reading an increasing number of books all including excerpts from influencers, podcasters, or content creators in the plot is beginning to wear thin.

After a slow start the pace does pick up and the novel becomes more compelling. Dark Corners can be read as a stand alone, even though it is the second in a series. The ending is satisfying
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.
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Rachel is a successful podcaster that gets involved with an FBI investigation into a serial killer. Full disclosure, I haven’t read but #1 but didn’t feel like I missed out on anything needed to enjoy this one. It kept my attention from the first page!

A Fan of true crime and the world of content creation? This thriller book is about it -

Podcaster - Rachel is a true crime podcaster who has tried to prove innocence of many of those in jail for crimes

Missing Influencer - she is summoned by the FBI to visit a man in jail who has recently met with an influencer who has recently gone missing

Past connections - and the last name he mentions, is Rachels. How does this man relate to other past connections to crimes? And where did the missing girl go?

I have been a fan of Megan Goldin’s previous books. This is actually the second book in a series, the first being Night Swim. Despite that, you can still absolutely read this as a standalone novel and still understand what is happening. Overall, I found this book moving along at a nice pace, and it reveals the information well to make you think you are figuring it out along with Rachel. My criticism lies with the end, because while it wraps things up pretty nicely, the ending is a bit abrupt, almost like there is a book 3 coming. It’s not cliffhanger material, but it just felt off. If you like thrillers, you may want to try this one.

This was an enjoyable FBI/serial killer mystery. I loved Night Swim so I was excited about this follow up novel. I didn’t love it as much as her debut but it was an entertaining read.

Rachel is called in by the FBI to talk to a guy in prison after an influencer visited him and he told her to reach out to Rachel. The influencer, Maddison, has gone missing so they need Rachel’s help to find out what happened.

This was a slow burn that ended with a ton of action and unfolding the last 10-20% of the book but it was entertaining so the slow burn wasn’t a bad thing. I liked the social media conference and story lines and I liked the added bonus of the romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy.

🌴🚘🌇Quick-moving, terrific suspense😲

With a mesmerizing plot and a truly repugnant serial killer villain, Megan Goldin's Dark Corners had me captured, though I had to put it down occasionally because the tension and my dread of what was about to happen made me step back for a few minutes.

This was truly an excellent thriller, told with mutiple POVs, with just a tint of romance and plenty of social commentary about the obsessively competitive culture of social media influencers. And a not so subtle criticism of some law enforcement types who get stuck on a suspect and won't let go even when there's no evidence to corroborate their suspicions. MC Rachel Krall is the podcaster who looks into cases of possible miscarriage of justice and this Daytona, Florida based case is a perfect fit for her curiosity, tenacity and investigative skills. I loved her character and hope the author writes more in this Rachel Krall series.

I'd read one other novel by Goldin (Stay Awake) and, for me, she aced it two for two. It was so easy to get caught up in the plot and the lives of the different characters: the good, the bad and the misunderstood.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for sharing a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest opinion.

Thanks to Netgalley for the E-ARC while I this is the first book I read of the series of Rachel Krall I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the whole podcast chapters and the short chapters. The one thing I didnt really vibe with was all the names thrown out I kind of got confused there for a minute. But I love how it showcased the life of a influencer and all the work that it takes to be one. Cant wait for more books in this series.

Dark Corners is book 2 of the Rachel Krall series by Megan Goldin. I didn’t read the first book Night Swim and didn’t need to understand this book. Once again the story involves Rachel as a true-crime podcaster. She wants a story on a popular influencer who disappeared. The question really is did Maddison disappear because she wanted to or because she was forced to. Rachel becomes very invested in the story and sets herself up as an influencer herself.

Another interesting character is Terrence Bailey. Terrence is in prison for a single crime, but the detective believes he is involved in many more unsolved murders. After meeting with Rache he certainly does and says some interesting things. For example:“The scariest monster is the one that hides in plain sight.” Is he threatening Rachel? Maddison just happened to disappear after meeting with Terrence in prison. Now Rachel met with him, so is she next to disappear?

Nothing deters Rachel from discovering the truth about Maddison. She is now invested and keeps up her act as an influencer.

Is Terrence the killer everyone thinks? I found the beginning of the book to be a little slow, but it really picked up. Lots of twists and villains.

If you liked Night Swim, you’ll like this one.

I really enjoyed Rachel Krall in her first adventure, The Night Swim, so I was very interested in reading her second. It definitely did not disappoint. A well-recognized podcaster, Rachel get herself involved in the disappearances and presumed murders of a few young women and in the life of Terrence Bradley, a man who has been imprisoned for breaking and entering but who is suspected in the murders and disappearances. His imminent release from prison is a focal point for Rachel and the FBI investigator with whom she is working chiefly because one of the missing women, Madison, an extremely popular influencer, has recently visited Bradley in prison.

This is a well-written, tightly plotted novel with plenty of twists and turns (the ending, part of which you probably will see coming, is quite fitting), and it is interesting to see how Rachel’s character is developing. All in all, this was a very good read, and I look forward to the next in this series!

4.5 stars. I was sucked in from the opening chapter (so much so that even though I had just picked up a book from the library I'd had on hold for months, I kept reading this one). Also of note, I have not read Night Swim but this books reads as a stand alone (other than mentioning the case from the first book), so I had no preconceived notions as to how Rachel should act. I liked the character of Rachel, she is tenacious. The plot is fast-paced with plenty of twists.

"Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators have long suspected him in the murders of six women. As his freedom approaches, Bailey gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a hot, young influencer with a huge social media following. Hours later, Maddison disappears, and police suspect she’s been kidnapped—or worse. Is Maddison’s disappearance connected to her visit to Bailey? Why was she visiting him in the first place?

When they hit a wall in the investigation, the FBI reluctantly asks for Rachel’s help in finding the missing influencer. Maddison seems only to exist on social media; she has no family, no friends, and other than in her posts, most people have never seen her. Who is she, really? Using a fake Instagram account, Rachel Krall goes undercover to BuzzCon, a popular influencer conference, where she discovers a world of fierce rivalry that may have turned lethal.

When police find the body of a woman with a tattoo of a snake eating its tail, the FBI must consider a chilling possibility: Bailey has an accomplice on the outside and a dangerous obsession with influencers, including Rachel Krell herself. Suddenly a target of a monster hiding in plain sight, Rachel is forced to confront the very real dangers that lurk in the dark corners of the internet."

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the free ARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed herein are my own.

This was an entertaining read, more so in the second half where it really picks up a lot. Rachel is pulled into a missing person investigation, has to talk to a prisoner about to get out, and tries to get to the bottom of things herself. And yeah, she's way better at it than the cops. Even with the slow unravelling of information, I was still surprised by the end.

I think I would follow Rachel Krall anywhere. This book felt fast paced and engaging. The multiple perspectives between the detective, podcaster and accomplice was well done. The creepiness of the accomplice really came out clearly in the text for me. The plot was really engaging and I found myself flying through this!

Also, dabbling in the “influencer” business phenomena? Nice touch, Megan!

Give me another Rachel Krall podcasting book!

Megan Goldin does a very good job of capturing her readers attention and holding it until the book is complete. This is technically the second book featuring Rachel Krall, but it absolutely can be read as a standalone. Even though the killer is known from the beginning, - or if you aren’t totally sure, it doesn’t take long to pinpoint the likely culprit- this knowledge doesn’t diminish the suspense or the enjoyment of watching the investigation into his crimes unfold. The snippets of the podcast that showcases the victims adds a human interest element and gives a voice to the victims as their stories are revealed. Megan Goldin has once again written a well crafted story that’s hard to put aside once you start reading!

The first Megan Goldin book I read was The Night Swim. I've read every book of hers I can get my hands on since. So I was very excited when I heard she was brining Rachel Krall back for another book. I hope Megan continues the series in the future. Social media influencers and true crime podcasts have been popular elements in thrillers recently to the point where they're almost overdone, but Dark Corners wasn't overly focused on either topic. The story is very engrossing and will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Podcaster, Rachel Krall, is contacted by the FBI to help with a case after a top social media influencer disappears in Datona Beach, Florida. This area has been plagued with quite a few murders and disappearances over the years, but they thought the murderer was in prison. Was there an accomplice? Rachel is sucked into a race against time undercover at an influencer convention.

Dark Corners picks up right after the events of The Night Swim. So no rest for Rachel. She is immediately consumed by another case. There is a romantic side plot, but it is not a large part of the story. This fast paced thriller is perfect for summer with many beach scenes and vacation vibes. Plus, it has great tension throughout including really creepy scenes from the murderer's perspective.

I highly recommend the Rachel Krall series to fans of investigative thrillers. If you think you would enjoy the podcaster amateur sleuth angle.

Thank you to St. Martins Press and NetGalley for the eARC.

This book follows our girl Rachel Krall as she’s brought to Florida to investigate the disappearance of an influencer. The book for sure kept my attention but I just didn’t love it. I am unsure of the romance plot overall but my favorite character did seem to get their redemption at the end so that’s good.

I’ll continue to read new releases by Megan Goldin and look forward to seeing what’s next for Krall.