Loved this book! Megan Goldin is easily becoming one of my favorites. Dark Corners was filled with suspense and surprises, had me up into the early morning hours unable to put the book down. I didn't read the Rachel Krall book one, Night Swim, but had no problem getting into this new story. I loved the podcast aspect of this and also the social influencer culture of it was really exciting and different. Definitely a must read summer thriller!

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

🎧Song Pairing: Smelly Cat - Phoebe Buffay (if you read this you’ll understand)

💭What I thought would happen:

I didn’t see the best reviews so I wasn’t as gung-ho to jump into this one

📖What actually happens:

We are back with Rachael and her crime podcast. She has been brought in to question a convict who’s just about to be released but the police are doing everything to keep him locked up. When a famous influencer goes missing, Rachael is determined to crack the case and possibly find answers to several other missing girls possibly connected to the convict in question.

🗯Thoughts:

I don’t love the character of Rachael, I don’t hate her either. I just don’t find her appealing, she seems about as cuddly as a cactus. I don’t know why people divulge so much information to her.

This was a fine thriller. Nothing great, nothing awful. Just a-Friggin-ok. Honestly I just feel like any thriller, high quality or not is enjoyable in the summer time. Anyone else agree?

I don’t have much else to say. I hope everyone who is excited about this book gets pleasure from it!

Thrilled I had the chance to read this advance copy of Dark Corners! I stayed up way too late trying to finish, even though I had figured out the real killer well before the end. I just wanted to see how the author would reveal everything. I love how the podcast format ties everything together, but I really found the influencer culture piece interesting. It made Rachel's story very relevant! For whatever reason, Terrence seemed much older in my mind, but he is early 20s? Big fan of Megan Goldin!

Love, love, double love this continuation of Rachel Krall and her story. I first enjoyed the podcaster in the night swim, which had some very triggering parts to it. This book is definitely a standalone and picks up right after the last case.

This tale has serial killers and social media, influencers and a lot of miss direction. I didn’t know how it was going to wrap up at all and I love that in a story.

I liked this more than I expected to. It kept me interested and was one of the better thrillers I've read in a while. For some reason, I was not picturing Terrance as young as he was. I liked the way things wrapped up but the very end was super abrupt.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy in exchange of an honest review.

3.5 stars

Terrence Bailey has spent years of his life in prison for a somewhat minor offense, but even though suspected of killing six women, he is soon to be released. He asks for Maddison Logn, an influencer, to visit him before his release and she acquiesces. After visiting Terrence, Maddison mysteriously disappeared.

So the story begins. Calling in Rachel Krall, another influencer, becomes an undercover agent i as she joins and attends BuzzCom, a place where other influencers has joined. Rachel joins a world where it is a fully well world of rivalry and dog eat dog environment.

Meanwhile, police find the body of a woman with a coiled snake eating its tail, which leads them back to Terrence Bailey who they feel must have a co murderer on the outside.

Rachel becomes embroiled in the drama, immersing herself into danger and the fact that the murderer (s) might just go after her.

This was an interesting story, coming after the author's Night Swim (which I really liked) The world that influences has created in one of competitiveness and vying for the "likes".

Thank you to Megan Goldin, Macmillan Audio, and Net Galley for a copy of both the kindle and audio copy of this story.

Dark Corners was an incredible read that kept me guessing until the very end. Five stars for sure!!

Dark Corners is the return of Rachel Krall, the investigative podcaster from Night Swim. Night Swim is one of my most recommended thrillers, and I was happy to see that this book has a lot of the same elements: short chapters that make it hard to put down, alternating between different POVs and the podcast, and a mystery to puzzle over. While the POV stays mostly with Rachel, there are also chapters from the perspective of Joe Martinez (FBI), and Thomas McCoy (rideshare driver). The ARC of this book that I received didn't have any indication that certain chapters were the podcast, except for a different font. I also received the audio version, which played theme music and started those chapters with "A Rachel Krall Special Report," which I thought was perfect. The elements of this book that didn't work for me were mostly just about Rachel herself. Rachel, who investigates crimes against women and knows that the world is dangerous, takes a lot of unnecessary risks in this book and is often acting directly against FBI directives. I also can't write about this book without talking about the BuzzCon social media influencers conference. I'm sure that this sort of thing exists but what a group of self absorbed, vapid people! Yuck.

The bottom line is that I enjoyed this book and I'm glad to have not seen the last of Rachel Krall. I hope to see more books about Rachel and her podcast from Megan Goldin, following this same addictive format.

Famous true crime podcaster Rachel Krall is back to help solve a new mystery. Rachel is summoned by the FBI to talk to a prisoner who spoke to a Maddison Logan, a popular but mysterious influencer, hours before she went missing. Rachel is unable to find Maddison by meeting with the prisoner, but she takes an opportunity to go undercover at the influencer convention Maddison was attending. Once there, she begins playing a dangerous game with the power-hungry influencers and the reasons behind Maddison's disappearance.

I did not love The Night Swim, but found myself enjoying Dark Corners a lot more, and looking forward to the next Rachel Krall story. The focus on influencer culture and the competition for fans online, along with a unique and terrifying villain made this book a lot of fun to read. Megan Goldin does a great job moving between Rachel's story, her podcast, the perspective of the FBI agent helping Rachel, and the dangerous individual on the edge of the story. I enjoyed a lot of the twists in the final act and enjoyed the surprising ways a lot of the plot threads intersected. The many moving pieces and short chapters made for a very fast and easy read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a copy of Dark Corners in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book. I adore a good thriller, and Megan Goldin delivered an enthralling story filled with murder, mystery, social media influences, a true crime podcaster, a sexy FBI agent, and a serial killer (or two?).

The storytelling was phenomenal. I definitely recommend Dark Corners for anyone who enjoys crime thrillers.

3 stars

Like many folks who will pick up this book, I came to this one after thoroughly enjoying _The Night Swim_. Upon finishing this follow-up, I'm feeling a bit let down.

Rachel, the m.c., is a podcaster who is also somehow an incredible asset to the FBI. I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts - like an almost (but not quite) embarrassing amount of them - and the idea that any of those hosts are somehow showing up people who are trained to do this work is just wild. One must suspend disbelief on that front alone. That noted, Rachel is mostly insufferable (and repetitive - I am surprised by the writing and breezy editing here, even in the advanced copy form). Thus, it MUST be her skills that get her the big invites. I don't think it's her sparkling charm.

I really enjoyed the way the pieces fit together, but since Rachel is at the center and is a bit tough to read, that obviously made an impact on my enjoyment of this book overall. The audiobook is nicely narrated, and I do recommend that version when and where accessible.

This is my third book from this author (_Stay Awake_, along with this series), and while I'm enjoying the works overall, Goldin is falling more into the *maybe* this will work for me camp as I continue. I hope that turns around with the next effort.

I really enjoyed the Night Swim and although I was so excited for more Rachel, I was a little disappointed in this one!

It wasn’t a 5 star read for me due to the fact it was pretty slow up till the last 20% or so.

It was still a decent read but definitely not her best work!

Like crime? Listen to podcasts? Then this book series is for you! Dark corners is book number 2 for the Rachel Krall podcast and her investigative reporting. Follow along as Rachel helps solve cold cases and starts a new case of love for herself!

Interesting topic and subjects. Good storyline but all the influencer talk was a bit repetitive. Overall 3.5 stars

I really liked Night Swim and was excited to see a second book involving Rachel Krall.

Rachel, a true crime podcaster, goes undercover at an influencer convention to help find a missing influencer named Maddison. Maddison went missing after visiting Terrence Bailey in jail. Bailey was in prison for breaking and entering, but the police thing he could be involved in the murder of several women. Rachel hopes to help find out if Maddison’s disappearance is related to her visit to Bailey, and if he has help on the outside.

I really liked the dual POVs, especially with one being from the serial killer. Some of the dialogue seemed repetitive,

I didn’t like it quite as much as Night Swim, but am hoping there will be more in the Rachel Krall series.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

In "Dark Corners", Megan Goldin takes readers on a thrilling and chilling ride through the murky world of crime and social media. This gripping novel follows Rachel Krall, a renowned true crime podcaster, as she delves into the mysterious disappearance of Maddison Logan, a popular influencer with a massive online following. Megan Goldin's meticulous attention to detail, well-crafted suspense, and complex characters make this novel an enthralling page-turner.

This is a story that features a lot of hot of moment themes: influencers, serial killers and podcasts. The book focuses on a Rachel, a true crime podcaster who is tapped by the cops to help them with a missing woman case. We rotate perspectives between Rachel and the killer who is super creepy and evading the cops while they think another guy is the killer. I thought this was an interesting story but like Stay awake I really struggle with this writers dialogue. She calls prison “the slammer” and it always feels like unresearched dialogue of how she thinks cops talk. That said the story kept me entertained. 3.5 stars

I read Night Swim two years ago and according to Goodreads I really enjoyed it even though I remember absolutely nothing about it now. So even though Dark Corners has the same main character, I do feel that it can be a standalone. However, I cannot promise that if you read Dark Corners first and then read Night Swim that Dark Corners won’t spoil part of the first book.

The main character is a true crime podcaster that gets called in to help the FBI with a case that has very few leads. It pushes her into the world of influencers, a current murder, and a cold case that has always nagged at the FBI/police.

I did not predict how this one would end and I truly appreciated the direction the author took. It was somewhat fresh in the world of thrillers and I needed that after a couple pretty meh reads in the genre.

Thank you to Net GAlley and the publisher for the ARC of "Dark Corners" in exchange for my honest review.
Podcaster Rachel Krall is back in this sequel to "The Night Swim". "Dark Corners" can be read as a stand-alone without feeling like you missed something,,but I do highly recommend reading "The Night Swim".
Rachel Krall is summoned to Daytona Beach by the FBI in relation to a prisoner that they are watching. Rachel:s name had been wriiten on the table in a prison during a visit between this prisoner and a young woman who is now missing.
Rachel begins investigating on her own at a gathering of influncers in Daytona Beach. I felt the influencers all seemed a bit cliched and one dimensional.
The main characters are well created The plot becomes a slightly rushed at the end, but otherwise it was good.
Rachel's point of view, and the podcast are the point of views in this book. I liked how the podcast was worked into the book.
I hope to see more of Rachel Krall in future books. I think that a podcaster is a great main character. created by the talented mystery writer. Megan Goldin.

I love everything by Megan Goldin and this was no exception. So happy to have gotten the chance to read this ARC. Thank you Netgalley!