I struggled with this book. There were a lot of characters to keep track of and it jumped around. It was hard to connect until things came together. By then I had lost interest. I did finish the book, but it wasn’t a page turner. This was the 2nd book in a series. I gave the 1st book 5*, this one was a disappointment for me, but I will try this author again. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

Dark Corners was a great sequel to The Night Swim. However, it can be read as a standalone. Both books follow a true crime podcaster Rachel Krall, and they are two separate stories. During Dark Corners, Rachel attends BuzzCon as her running instagram profiler, and not as the podcaster so she can try and get details of a missing person. She ends up uncovering details that help the local police and FBI, that they wouldn’t have gotten without her on the inside. They work together to try and find the missing person, while solving a new murder and years old murders. One of the twists I predicted from early on, but I am glad was true. If it weren’t true, then it would have left too many unanswered questions at the end. Megan Goldin is a fantastic author and Dark Corners was a great page turner!

Quick, fast paced and short chapters. It’s not something that will stick with me but it was a fun read.

4 stars - This is the second book in the series and it revolved around a true crime podcaster Rachel Krall. This can be read as a standalone. I read the first book last year and I forgot what the book was about. Rachel is called to fly to Florida because of the disappearance of Maddison Logan, a social media influencer, who was last seen visiting a prison inmate. Although she is asked to return home, she decides to stay and help uncover the truth behind Maddison's disappearance. It took me a while to understand the story. The beginning was a little confusing but as I continued to read, the story picked up and I really enjoyed it. There were good twists and turns. The author also does a good job of depicting the power of social media.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion

Ill start this by saying I loved Megan Goldin's novel The Night Swim and was very excited about this next stand-alone installment.

Unlike some other reviews I’ve seen, I didn’t dislike Rachel’s character. I didn’t feel she was rude or snarky at all…?

However, this book on a whole fell flat for me. It felt disjointed. Things I loved about the first book weren’t the same — I missed the different POVs, the podcast transcripts, etc.

Also as a travel blogger, I found the bit about influencers laid on a bit too thick. Yea many of them suck but let’s not trash all of them for the way a few behave.

Also didn’t feel like the twists were that crazy. I dunno — just overall a miss for me.

When true-crime-podcaster Rachel Krall is summoned to Miami by the FBI, she isn’t sure what to expect. She soon learns that she has been mentioned in a conversation between convicted felon Terence Bailey and Maddison Logan, a social media influencer who was Bailey’s only visitor during his six-year prison term. Now Maddison has vanished and Bailey, who is suspected of committing multiple murders, is scheduled to be released in 48 hours. He also seems to be a little too interested in Rachel for her comfort.

Rachel decides to go undercover at BuzzCon, the influencer convention Maddison was attending before her disappearance. As the hours count down toward Bailey’s release, the body count rises. Rachel and the FBI must race to get to the bottom of the murders and find Maddison before Rachel becomes the next victim.

I really enjoyed Goldin’s last novel, Stay Awake, but I haven’t read any of her others, including the first book featuring Rachel Krall, The Night Swim. While obviously I can’t make any comparison between the two books in this series, I felt like Dark Corners worked fine as a stand-alone. My understanding is that Rachel’s podcast plays a much more prominent role in the first novel than this new one.

The different plot threads created a twisty plot that kept me guessing as I read. While I did figure out a lot about who had been involved in the various mysteries before it was revealed, I enjoyed following along as Goldin revealed how each of those situations came to be.

Overall, I liked the plot, but I was rather indifferent to the characters. Rachel and Martinez were fine, but not terribly interesting. While I like them together, their initial romantic encounter felt like it came out of nowhere. The majority of the influencers in the BuzzCon scenes were (purposely) unlikeable. Thinking back, my favorite characters were Maddison and Terence, both of whom received very little time on the page.

Give this one a try if you’re into conventions, twisty plots, or true-crime podcasts.

"Rachel Krall, the true crime podcaster star of Megan Goldin's acclaimed The Night Swim, returns to search for a popular influencer who disappears after visiting a suspected serial killer.

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 release date 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? And why was she visiting him in the first place?

When they hit a wall in the investigation, the FBI reluctantly asks for Rachel Krall's help in finding the missing influencer. Maddison seems to only 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 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 - identical to a tattoo Rachel had seen on Bailey's hand - the FBI must consider a chilling possibility: Bailey has an accomplice on the outside and a dangerous obsession with influencers, including Rachel Krall herself. Suddenly the 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."

Maybe Maddison Logan is nothing more than bait for Rachel Krall?

In a sequel to The Night Swim, podcaster Rachel Krall returns to assist the FBI in investigating a case. Popular true crime podcaster Maddison Logan interviewed soon-to-be released serial killer Terence Bailey in prison and then disappeared. But Maddison Logan seems to only exist online. Going undercover at a popular influencer convention, Rachel discovers a fierce world of competitors and suspects that Bailey might have an accomplice on the outside.

While I loved The Night Swim, I didn't feel like it needed a sequel. And I was wrong. Switching the series from a legal thriller to more of a detective mystery, Dark Corners can easily be read as a standalone novel. Early on, Goldin dedicates chapters to the serial killer's perspective, so you already know he's guilty. Instead, you are left trying to figure out how it all connects and hoping Rachel and Special Agent Martinez will solve it before it's too late. Given the electricity between Rachel and the hot FBI Agent, I could easily see more Rachel Krall books coming in the future.

The dust has barely settled since the events of The Night Swim and Rachel Krall is already heading off to Florida. This time, the FBI called her in to get information to find a missing influencer after she visited a suspected serial killer in prison.

Maddison Logan is a #vanlife influencer who visited Terence Bailey in prison. Terence is suspected of killing several women, and his release date is rapidly approaching. Soon after Maddison visits Terence, she disappears. The FBI suspects the events are connected, so they bring in Rachel Krall. Terence keeps asking for her because her podcast has helped innocent people walk free.

Then, the police find a woman's body with a tattoo of a snake eating its tail, and it looks just like the one on Bailey's hand. How are the two connected? Rachel decides to go undercover at BuzzCon, an influencer convention nearby, to uncover the secrets behind Maddison's disappearance and learn more about the cutthroat world of influencing.

Dark Corners is an excellent follow-up to The Night Swim, though I think the podcast elements were slightly weaker than in the first book. I'll gladly pick up another book in this series if Megan Goldin chooses to write it.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Another great book from Megan Goldin. You can always count on her for good story. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy.

I actually didn’t realize this was a follow up to The Night Swim, but once I realized I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed The Night Swim and Dark Corners delivered just the same. I enjoyed how the mystery unfolded and thought the world of Social Media was depicted well. I loved the how this book is a follow up to The Night Swim but could easily be read as a stand alone.
A fun summer read and one I will be recommending to others.

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Read if you like:
- dual POV
- dual timelines
- CSI

I absolutely LOVE Megan Goldin and loved the first in the series, so I couldn’t wait to get into this one finally 🩷🩷
This book is about a social media influencer who goes missing one day, and they are pretty sure that a notorious serial killer, Terence Bailey got to her … or did he?
This was definitely a sloooow burn until about halfway through, and then I was totally hooked and couldn’t stop reading!
This book felt a lot like an episode of CSI, and I absolutely love CSI! The forensics, the trail of clues they were following, the medical examination… I really really liked it.
I cannot wait to read more in this series, and more by Megan Goldin!

This was my second Megan Goldin book, both of them with Rachel Krall as the main character. In this one we get a behind the scenes look at social media influencers & how they might get themselves into trouble. Set in Daytona Beach during #BuzzCon Maddison Logan goes missing & Rachel Krall is called to the prison by the FBI to speak with Terence Bailey who’s suspected of killing several women.

I enjoyed the way the story unfolded & the look at the power of social media. Rachel is a believable character & the podcast aspect is one of my favorite things about the books where she’s featured. My only issue is that the beginning of the book is very confusing. It took me to about 25% in to get a handle on what exactly was happening. Once I hit that point though I couldn’t put it down. A solid 4 star read!

I really enjoyed This read and excited to see more of Rachel Krall in a series! A good ole serial killer murder mystery with interesting characters and some twists and turns. Looking forward to more along these lines from the author. That’s to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC

Megan Goldin's newest novel is going to be a crowd pleaser! I'm so happy I finally read The Night Swim, because I have been obsessed ever since. Thank you so much to St Martin's Press for the copy to review.
Rachel Krall is back and this time she's right in the middle of the drama. I absolutely loved that we got to know her better and that there was a romantic background story for her. The possibilities of where her story could go are endless.
Dark Corners is a page turning thriller and I absolutely devoured it! I loved the plot and being entwined in the not so glamorous side of online *famedom*. Intricately plotted, Dark Corners is a riverting read that isn't to be missed!

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This is really a book that you should go in blind. It’s the second in the Rachel Krall series, the first being The Night Swim. I loved that one, but loved Dark Corners even more. Rachel is investigating a missing influencer, at the same time a dangerous prisoner is about to be released. How will these things tie together?
You don’t want to miss it!

True crime podcaster star, Rachel Krall returns in the novel, Dark Corners. A story about the disappearance of a popular social media influencer, Maddison Logan and a string of mysterious murders.

DARK CORNERS is a summer must read thriller! It can be read as a standalone, but if you’re a fan of thrillers, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall #1) is a brilliant read.

This story picks up after The Night Swim, where Rachel gets invited to Florida and for what she didn’t know at the time was due to her being a lead in a FBI case.

Rachel’s character throughout this book is rather strong and to some may be unlikeable. However for me I think her risky behavior is her feeling of confidence after her successes of her podcast and her detective work previous to this case.

Goldin provided multiple POVs, and why it’s not a “whodunnit” story, she did a stellar job introducing all the characters up front and revealing the truths along the way. An addicting read that I highly recommend.

🖤My new favorite author and true crime series! I highly recommend.

🖤 Available for preorder today!

🖤Thank you NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

🖤Congratulations to Megan Goldin on this upcoming release!

Maddison Logan a popular social media influencer, visits inmate Terence Bailey in a Central Florida Correctional Facility. Bailey is a suspected serial killer arrested aggravated burglary.
During their visit Bailey brings up Rachel Krall to Maddison then she disappears. Rachel is then lured to Florida by getting exclusive access to the case if she helps Special Agent Joe Martinez by meeting with Bailey.
After her meeting with Bailey doesn’t go well, FBI Special Agent Martinez asks her to leave Florida and return home. Rachel ignores him and is set to investigate Maddison’s disappearance on her own. Conveniently there is an event being held in Daytona for the world’s top social influencers called BUZZ CON. She calls Pete to help her get a hotel and an invite to the event under an alias @runningrach.com. She easily connects with a few of the influencers to get information on Maddison and other top players there.

I am going to stop there I don’t want to give up any spoilers.

My thoughts I hope this is an early draft and will be fixed in editing. I found the writing is choppy there is excessive repetition events from previous chapters are repeated verbatim. The spontaneous relationship between Rachel and agent Martinez late in the book felt forced and unnecessary. The very end was very abrupt. Also the continuous references in their full names repeatedly was annoying at times. I almost gave up and DNF, but I hung in till the end. I did want to see how everything played out in the end. The whole plot felt convoluted at times. One last thing to nitpick is the serial killer goes to change the license plates on his car and it states that he replaced them on both ends of the car. Florida only has license plates on the back , not the front. If she writes another book in the series I will read it, and her other titles in the future.

A special thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Maddison Logan, a very popular social media influencer has gone missing and the FBI has run out of leads. That's when they fly Rachel in to speak to a suspected serial killer, prisoner Terence Bailey, who was visited by Maddison right before she disappeared.

Rachel seems to knock heads with everyone for much of the book and she and FBI agent Joe Martinez can't seem to agree on anything. In fact, just about anything Joe suggests will set her off. Nobody tells Rachel what to do or not do. With Terence getting out of prison in two days, while making obvious threats on Rachel's life, Joe wants her gone almost as soon as she arrives. But no, Rachel's not going home, instead she is all over this case.

Rachel easily infiltrates BuzzCon, a popular influencer conference, despite the attendees being the most elite of the social media elite snobs. Not only does being a social media influencer appear to be a sure way to an ulcer and/or a nervous breakdown, it seems dangerous in other ways, too. It doesn't take long until Rachel and Joe are following leads separately and together.

A lot of people do a lot of unwise things and Rachel certainly does her share of risky behavior. She claims that she's safe from the big bad serial killer because he's locked up, seeming to ignore the fact that he won't be locked up anymore in a couple of days. For a woman who knows just how dangerous life is for women, Rachel seems impervious to the fact that anything could happen to her. Situational awareness isn't in her tool kit much of the time.

I don't remember Rachel being unlikeable in Night Swim although she does warm in more ways than one towards the end of the book. There is a lot going on here and it can be hard to sort out all the victims of deadly happenings because there are so many of them over a long time span. I'm hoping the next time we see Rachel she'll be in a better mood. Actually, I'm pretty sure she'll be in a better mood...wink wink.

I enjoyed this story with Jayme and DeAnn and we had some great discussions. There is a lot to talk about and mull over. Lots of guessing, getting things correct and incorrect. And I had the strange experience of listening to an audiobook that included a woman named Maddison, a serial killer, and a basement dungeon during the same time period that I was reading this book, which contained those same things. How did that happen? 😳

4.5 stars. Dark Corners is the second book featuring the investigative podcaster Rachel Krall from Night Swim. Still, it can function as a standalone. In this book, Rachel is tasked with investigating the disappearance of Maddison Logan, a social media influencer, who was last seen visiting a prison inmate. Told through multiple POVs, this fast paced thriller will have you guessing until the very end. Sometimes the scariest monster is the one hiding in plain sight…