To celebrate the release of FEAR THE
DARKNESS, the follow-up to RAGE
AGAINST THE DYING by Becky
Masterman, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award for
Best First Novel, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime
Novel of 2013, as well as the Macavity, Barry, and Anthony
awards, Minotaur Books and Fresh Fiction are giving 100
winners specially designed Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) of
FEAR
THE DARKNESS! 25 winners will be drawn each week.
Retired FBI agent Brigid Quinn knows how
difficult it can be to overcome one's past. But she is
nothing if not a fighter. Even when the return of a serial
killer from her past threatened to derail her new marriage,
she managed to hold on to the life she's been trying to
build in Tucson with her husband, Carlo.
At first, the new challenges in her life seem pretty mundane
compared to a serial killer. After her sister-in-law dies,
Brigid's nineteen-year-old niece Gemma Kate comes to live
with her and Carlo, to establish Arizona residency before
starting college. Brigid doesn't exactly love the idea,
especially since there's always been something unsettling
about Gemma Kate, but family is family. Meanwhile, Brigid
agrees to help a local couple by investigating the death of
their son—until dangerous things start to happen. As the
menace comes closer and closer to home, Brigid starts to
wonder if she can trust anyone.
After spending her career hunting sexual predators, Brigid
has seen her share of evil. Nevertheless, the worst threats
are not always easy to spot, even when they are right in
front of you—partly because few people manage to be pure
evil. But Brigid knows it's what you don't see, what you
never expected, that can be the most
treacherous...