Gone to Darkness, Barbara Nickless
Gone to Darkness, Barbara Nickless
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Gone to Darkness

Author: Barbara Nickless

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2020

Synopsis

From a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Newly minted homicide detective Sydney Parnell faces a savage killer whose endgame is to capture her. And keep her.Iraqi war vet and former railway cop Sydney Parnell is now the youngest homicide detective in Denver’s Major Crimes Unit. In the past, gut instinct has served her and her K9 partner well. But it’s not a trait Len Bandoni, her old nemesis turned reluctant mentor, admires. Not until Sydney’s instincts lead to their first case: a man tortured and beaten to death, then left in a refrigerated train car with cryptic messages carved into his body.The victim is a well-liked member of an elite club called the Superior Gentlemen. At first glance, the club appears harmless. But beneath its refined surface swim darker currents.As Sydney; her K9 partner, Clyde; and Bandoni investigate the grisly murder, the three develop a bond that carries them through a shocking series of crimes and a horrifying conspiracy that threatens the detectives’ lives and promises to bring their beloved city to its knees.

About Barbara Nickless

Barbara Nickless is the Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Sydney Rose Parnell series, which includes Blood on the Tracks, a Suspense Magazine Best of 2016 selection and winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence; Dead Stop; and Ambush. Blood on the Tracks and Dead Stop won the Colorado Book Award, and Dead Stop was nominated for the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Writer’s Digest and Criminal Element, among other markets. She lives in Colorado, where she loves to cave, snowshoe, hike, and drink single malt Scotch—usually not at the same time. Connect with her at www.barbaranickless.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pat on May 05, 2020

This was a pretty thrilling addition to the series. I have read and enjoyed the previous three books. It was great to see Sydney Rose Parnell former marine, then railway cop, extend herself and join the Denver PD where, on a fast track, she soon becomes a detective. Not long into the job she’s on he......more

Goodreads review by Dee on May 18, 2020

Few authors write crime novels with the detail provided by Barbara Nickless. As I began reading “Gone to Darkness” I wondered if she would be able to achieve the same level of excellence I had enjoyed in her previous books. Thankfully, Ms. Nickless exceeded her former accomplishments on several leve......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 10, 2021

Set six months after the events in Ambush, and Sydney and Clyde (her K-9 partner) are now members of the Denver Police’s Major Crimes Unit, where she is partnered with her boyfriend’s ex-partner, Len Bandoni. Sydney investigates a call from a former railroad colleague, who has been knocked out, find......more

Goodreads review by Joy on September 20, 2020

Thanks to #Netgalley and the publishers of #GonetoDarkness for an advance reader's copy of this book. All opinions are my own. "My counselor tells me that at my core, I am a good person. That we all come into the world as unblemished as God made us, and then the world starts to act on us. We can get......more

Quotes

“A gritty, hard-boiled crime novel with breathless action and deep, sturdy characters. Detective Sydney Parnell and her partner Clyde, a police dog, are a tantalizing duo, and the story’s narrative and dialogue are authentic and witty and demand compulsive reading. Gone to Darkness is everything you want in thriller fiction.” —Robert Dugoni, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series“Nobody does atmosphere better than Barbara Nickless. With deft strokes, she draws impending doom within bleak settings and then colors them with vivid action and brilliant characters, both human and canine. Gone to Darkness is mystery and suspense writing at its best!” —Margaret Mizushima, award-winning author of the Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries“Barb Nickless’s Gone to Darkness is another stellar entry in the Sydney Rose Parnell series. Even though she’s now a Denver police detective, Sydney and Clyde catch a case involving trains, a unique milieu that Nickless masterfully evokes. Readers who enjoy an atmospheric setting, a kick-ass yet vulnerable heroine, solid police procedurals, fast-paced yet lyrical writing, and/or the closeness of a human-dog partnership should immediately buy or borrow every book in this series. (I stop short of suggesting stealing a copy, but if that’s your only option…)” —Laura DiSilverio, award-winning and national bestselling author of The Reckoning Stones

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