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A review by kirkw1972
The Darkest Place by Jo Spain
5.0
The first full book I've read in 2020 and I loved it. A mysterious island housing a former insane asylum and a body found in a mass grave that shouldn't have been there. Thinking they've found the answer to a 40 year old disappearance the detectives head across to investigate and find more mystery. There's been a lot in the news over the years about treatments in institutions not just in Ireland where this is set but everywhere. Treatment is not as it was and often barbaric methods were used where nowadays we would simply take a pill. Reynolds and his team uncover such horrors while they try and solve a murder.
There are plenty of twists and turns and our baddies are truly evil. It makes for grim but fascinating reading. As the author says the story may be fiction but it's based on things that genuinely happened to people. It's excellently written and as mentioned with plenty of twists to keep you guessing right to the end. It's very atmospheric with the small island , abandoned asylum and lots of fog, so easy to picture and be creeped out by. A great start to my years reading and I highly recommend it.
There are plenty of twists and turns and our baddies are truly evil. It makes for grim but fascinating reading. As the author says the story may be fiction but it's based on things that genuinely happened to people. It's excellently written and as mentioned with plenty of twists to keep you guessing right to the end. It's very atmospheric with the small island , abandoned asylum and lots of fog, so easy to picture and be creeped out by. A great start to my years reading and I highly recommend it.