I was a big fan of The Night Swim so this was definitely a want to read on my list! I like Megan Goldin's writing style with medium size chapters and enough detail packed substance but not over doing it to where I want to skim some of the details. I like following the clues through chapters and how it all syncs up in the end.
We have Rachel Krall back in the second installment, famous true crime podcaster who this time isn't chasing the crime to uncover the crime chased after her. Rachel gets asked to help the FBI and goes to meet inmate Terence Bailey to help get answers as her name is the only clue the FBI has between Bailey and his meeting with Maddison Logan an up and coming popular social media influencer. The problem is Maddison goes missing not long after her meeting with Bailey at the prison. Bailey couldn't have done it himself being locked up so does he have an accomplice? Is she going to be another suspected victim of his the past accusations of his involvement of 6 other women being murdered? How does Rachel play into all this since she was the only clue that the FBI could turn up?
I honestly was wrong for a portion of the book thinking who Maddison was and why she was visiting Terry to then go missing. The other unknowns that started to play out through the trail of breadcrumbs kept this interesting for me. I love thrillers but sometimes I want them to have a slow burn in some aspects to let my mind create ideas of what could be and this is another favorite for me. Dark Corners checks all my boxes for what I look for in a book to keep engaged and wanting to finish it while wishing it didn't end! Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the copy to review and give a 5 star rating!

Thank you Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC copy of "Dark Corners" this book was interesting, but a little slow for me for a thriller. The ending had a few twists I didn't expect but it also felt a little predictable. I enjoyed "Dark Corners" more than the "Night Swim"

This was an excellent read! Truly one of the better books I have read for a while. I liked that this book had me predicting some items that resulted in a great twist. I truly could not put this book down. I liked the added love story angle - I found myself rooting for the couple the whole way through! I also thought that the addition of the influencer conference was interesting and extremely timely given today’s social landscape.

Not a bad read. Typical FBI, serial killer book. Basic twists and turns.

I liked the focus on social influencers. I don't think I've read anything on that topic and I enjoyed that aspect. Social media has and is destroying people. It's a crazy fake world out there.

I liked Rachel as the main character and a podcaster for true crime stories. The romance between here and the FBI agent was seen from a mile away. It was cute.

The twists with the murders were good. I actually thought it was interesting that the author brought lite to a disease I've never heard of before, the rotting garbage BO (don't know the technical name). I had no idea this existed and it was nice to read about something new and interesting. Obviously it was sad to hear about Thomas's childhood because of it, but nonetheless it was interesting.

I received a free copy of the book from netgalle for my review. Thank you. #netgalley

I am such a ridiculous Megan Goldin fangirl. Love everything she's done. Dark Corners was no exception. When I realized that Rachel was back, I got very excited. She was so great Night Swim, and I'm recently addicted to true crime podcasts myself. I loved solving the mystery with her. There were some great red herrings, and some plot twists that made me go "Oh, $#$(*!" while reading late at night.

A truly terrific novel that kept me intrigued right up until the end.

Review based on ARC.

Phenomenal read. From the beginning you are kept enthralled in the lives of influencers as one of their own is missing and Rachel is asked for help finding her. Things are not what they seem, though and you are swept up in the plot as you try to unravel the truth.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you NetGalley, Megan Goldin and St. Martins Press for hearing my honest review. Looking forward to reading more with you
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Megan Goldin is back on her game with this book! As the second installment after Night Swim, it was great to be back with Rachel Krall and her investigations for her true crime podcast.

This book was gripping, not super predictable, and fun to read. And while it’s a great follow up for Night Swim, you definitely don’t need to have read it first to check this one out.

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for the ARC in exchange for my review.

Okay so I went into this not kind of backwards. I started this novel not realizing it was the second out of a series, but still even with all that I really enjoyed this one!! I’m going to go ahead and read the first lol, I know! I loved everything about this book this author knows their genera. I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz about this book on booktok I would definitely recommend that you read this book. I can’t wait to see what is next to come from this wonderful author 🖤🖤🖤

Dark Corners is the second installment of the Rachel Krall series by Megan Goldin. I was so excited when I was invited to review this book. I absolutely loved The Night Swim, so I couldn’t wait to read this.

This time, Rachel becomes entangled in the disappearance of a popular influencer. The FBI ask Rachel to help them find out more about Maddison Logan, who went missing shortly after visiting Terence Bailey, a suspected serial killer in prison. Rachel goes undercover at an influencer conference to learn more about Maddison, but when another body turns up, everyone is forced to consider the possibility that Bailey may have a partner who is still free. With Bailey’s imminent release from prison, Rachel and the FBI are in a race against the clock to figure out the truth.

This book sucked me in right away, and I couldn’t put it down until I got to the end. The book alternates narrators as the story unfolds. I loved all the twists and turns in the plot. Megan Goldin is officially a must-read thriller author for me. I definitely recommend picking up a copy of Dark Corners (and The Night Swim if you haven’t already, though I feel this could read as a stand-alone)!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sending me an ARC to read and review.

I was quite excited to get this eARC as I have really enjoyed Megan’s books. And this was my first buddy read!!

This is the second book ( following night swim) to follow Rachell Krall and her podcast.

This is a quick, exciting thriller. I was happy to binge it and the story was quite engaging. There were some storylines that felt forced or unnecessary (Jonny dying, the romance with the fbi agent, and everyone figuring out who she was at the influencer con) and the ending was quite rushed to me.


Read if you enjoyed: Night Swim, The Last Houseguest or The Lies I Tell

Pub date: August 8, 2023

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for the eARC!

I hate rating this down because there are things about the Rachel character I genuinely like and I feel she's pretty well done. But. There were two characters who said each other's names every single time they spoke a sentence aloud, and I know it's a little thing, but it took me out of the experience so thoroughly that I couldn't enjoy anything else about it.

Thank you to NetGalley for this E-ARC in exchange for my honest feedback and review.

Rachel has been called down to Florida by the FBI to help with a case. She is a person of interest for the prisoner who may be involved in the disappearance of a social media influencer.

Honesty time, I struggled a lot in this book. I got about 30% of the way in and just could not finish. I loved The Nightswim, The Escape Room, and Stay Awake. Huge fan of Megan Goldin here. This is just not the one for me. I'm going to try again when the audiobook comes out because a lot of the time I do better with those when reading it gets me stuck. I did DNF this one. I hate to but I just can't get into it. I can't wait for Megan Goldin's next book..

Just finished Dark Corners. I was OBSESSED with Night Swim so I had extremely high hopes for this book. I enjoyed it. I love the character of Rachel Krall. However I wish her podcast was more of a focal point of the book. I thought the story had a lot of great twists. I couldn’t predict what the ending was. Overall I enjoyed Dark Corners but I think Night Swim will be really difficult to beat.

I read Megan Goldin’s other book Stay Awake. She never disappoints. One of my fav authors!

Megan Goldin’s Stay Awake was one of my favorite reads of 2022. Needless to say, I was so excited to read Dark Corners and it didn’t disappoint. I actually didn’t realize that this was the second book featuring Rachel Krall when I started reading it, but it didn’t affect my understanding or enjoyment of the book at all. I will now have to go back and read The Night Swim.
Terrance Bailey, a suspected serial killer (there was never enough evidence to convict him) is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering. Prior to his release, he meets with a popular social media influencer, Maddison Logan, who goes missing shortly after visiting him. Since Rachel Krall’s name is mentioned during their visit, the FBI bring her to meet with Bailey to help find Maddison. Why did Maddison visit Bailey and why did Krall’s name come up? What happened to Maddison?
This book started slow for me, but picked up until I was rapidly turning pages. I really enjoyed the unique way it was told. Goldin has become a must-read author for me.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review and thank you to Megan Goldin for writing such great books.

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press, Megan Goldin, and NetGalley for the eARC of Dark Corners! When I got an email that this was available, I was so excited. I’ve loved every book of Goldin’s that I’d read, and I was so pumped to get to hear more of Rachel’s story.

Rachel Krall, famous podcaster of Guilty or Not Guilty, is called to Florida by the FBI to help out with a case. What she doesn’t know is that she’s been named in the investigation, and the FBI want to know why. An influencer goes missing after visiting a prisoner that is a suspected serial killer.

This book kept me hooked from the beginning, like all of Megan Goldin’s books do for me. I loved this book, and I hope we get more Rachel Krall in the future!

I absolutely loved this book and was so thrilled to have the opportunity to read and review early - thank you! Like other Megan Goldin books, this did not disappoint. I did not see the twist coming at all!! I can’t wait to recommend this to my friends in August!

Dark Corners was a bit of a miss for me in that the characters were unrelatable and there were several story lines occurring at times with little indication of switching between them. I just wasn't a big fan of this book, although I did like the influencer aspect, finding that world interesting and totally different from what I would expect.

Megan Goldin does it again! Another thrilling page turner that keeps you wondering until the very end! The story is about a social media influencer goes missing and how the disappearance might be connected to a man behind bar accused of serial murders. This book is a quick read basically because Goldin writes so smoothly and really knows how to get the readers attention from the get-go. This is the second in the Rachel Krall series and I think it was a great follow up! I thought the ending was a little abrupt, and at points I was a little confused at the timeline of events. The story jumps from present to six years ago. I think it may have been beneficial for the title chapters to include the time frame, but you just have to pay attention. I really hope there will be more books in the Rachel Krall series as I like her character and definitely love the storylines! Thank you so much Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the ARC of Dark Corners..

The famous true crime podcaster Rachel Krall is back! After being rushed to Florida with little information, Rachel finds herself interviewing a suspected killer who is days away from release. Dark Corners wastes no time plunging readers into the world of influencers, kidnappings, and murder.

This book is a page turning thriller with some interesting characters. I know some people are not going to love the social influencer angle but I found it interesting to see the world throught their eyes. Great moments of intrigue and suspense.

I want to thank NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and the author Megan Goldin for a copy of the book inexchange for an honest review!

I was a huge fan of The Night Swim, and was excited to see Goldin coming out with another thriller with Rachel Krall at the center.

I enjoyed the Night Swim a bit more and the more focal aspect of the podcast in that one versus the small snippets in this one. I thought this was fast paced and engaging, but a little more scattered with multiple threads to follow and keep up with between the characters/ disappearances/ multiple twists and red herrings thrown in.

Still a much better/ cohesive thriller than many I’ve read recently! I’d be happy to see a Rachel Krall #3!