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Eden Wallace is terrified of the dark. Since the death of her husband, Bix, she's spent every night with the lights on, lonely and afraid. Then she finds a reservation for a stargazing park he'd made for them. Against her better judgment and fear of the night, Eden goes; maybe she can discover why he'd planned this trip and what it will take to move on without him. Her soul-searching intentions shatter when she meets a group of college friends staying in the same guesthouse. Eden wants to leave, but the group's charming leader Malloy draws her into their drama. During her one night there, Eden is amazed she can finally sleep. That is, until a scream wakes her. One of the friends has been murdered in the kitchen, and the killer is someone at the guesthouse. The sheriff detains Eden and the group in town during the investigation, almost like hostages. Soon the friends turn against one another, spilling accusations and admissions, and Eden learns their startling secrets. Then one by one, the accidents happen. Who will survive the trip to the dark-sky park? Verdict Fans of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None will be riveted by Rader-Day's (The Day I Died) latest psychological thriller, which makes you question who you really know and trust and whether you should be afraid of the dark. [See Prepub Alert, 2/11/18.]-K.L. Romo, Duncanville, TX © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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On a whim, Eden Wallace decides to take the stargazing anniversary trip that her husband arranged before his death, hoping to contemplate her new normal in solitude. Unfortunately, a reservation snafu leaves her sharing Dark Sky Park's rental cabin with six reuniting college friends. With solitude out of the question, Eden decides to leave the next day. That plan changes when Malloy, the charismatic center of her cabin mates' group, is murdered, with all six survivors, including Eden, becoming suspects. Determined to clear herself, Eden leverages hints of resentment among her fellow suspects to coax out confessions of lies and betrayals. Eden's newfound interrogation skills may not be enough to save her, though, as the police begin eyeing her more closely and Malloy's killer targets the final six. Eden, long content to bow to her late husband's wishes, discovers her inner survivor as she digs for the killer. A tense tale of murder among old friends featuring an evolving protagonist and high-stakes mind games.--Tran, Christine Copyright 2010 Booklist

Publishers Weekly
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When 34-year-old Eden Wallace, the narrator of this cleverly plotted mystery from Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Rader-Day (The Day I Died), discovers that her deceased husband, Bix, was planning a 10th anniversary surprise at a remote Michigan stargazing resort, she decides to keep the reservation. With no work to distract her, Eden is still grief-stricken nine months after Bix's death, and she wants to spend time alone in an environment far from her Chicago home. However, she no sooner arrives at the resort than she learns the intimate cottage she envisioned is to be shared with six 20-somethings gathered for some sort of college reunion. After one of the six is murdered, suspicions turn friend against friend and, by turns, each against Eden. It's a great setting for a murder, and each of Rader-Day's prickly millennials feels capable of murder-to say nothing of sleep-deprived, near hysterical Eden. Readers will have fun following the subtle clues. Agent: Sharon Bowers, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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A recent widow confronts her demons and a whole lot more during a trip to the Michigan wilderness.Eden Wallace has always been afraid of the dark, but that didn't stop her husband, Army veteran Bix Wallace, from booking a cabin in Michigan's Straits Point International Dark Sky Park to mark their 10th anniversary. Ironically, Bix misses the celebration when his drunken driving ends his life, along with those of four others, nine months before the big day; it's not till after his death that Eden even learns of the reservation. Even worse, when she arrives at Dark Sky Park, she realizes that Bix, whether deliberately or not, didn't book the whole cabin, only a suite in a building she'll be sharing with five college chums and the new girlfriend of one of them. Dev, Paris, Sam, and Martha all make it clear that they'd love to see Eden leave. Only Malloy and Hillary, his new girlfriend, make any gestures of friendship, and those are cut in half when Eden's awakened by a scream that pulls her to the kitchen, where Malloy is lying dead, a screwdriver in his neck. Since there's no chance that his demise was accidental, his old buddies instantly fall to accusing each other as well as Hillary and Eden, the newcomers who've crashed their circle. The questions posed by Park Director Warren Hoyt, Emmet County Sheriff Jeffrey Barrows, and Officer Bridget Cooley will all play a role in determining whodunit, but not before another participant in the reunion takes a header down the stairs, still another is poisoned, and Eden, still grieving the death of her husband, realizes that she has a previous connection to the group she's been thrown into that's both unwelcome and ugly.Rader-Day (The Day I Died, 2017, etc.) juices her young-widow setup with enough soul-searching, menace, and dirty linen to make you think of Mary Higgins Clark with teeth bared. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.