Crooked Lane Books, Belletristik, Somewhere in the Dark (Englisch, R. J. Jacobs, 2020)

A woman&rsquo s dark past makes her the prime suspect in a high-profile murder case in this compulsively readable suspense thriller for fans of B.A. Paris and Mary Kubica Do the mistakes of the past mark us as guilty for life? After a childhood marred by neglect, Jessie Duval&rsquo s finally got it together. With an apartment in Nashville and a job with a catering company, she&rsquo s thriving. But all that changes when Jessie works an event where celebrities will be in attendance&mdash including the one person from her past she must avoid at all costs: singer Shelly James. Jessie doesn&rsquo t hate Shelly. Quite the opposite. One summer, she followed Shelly&rsquo s tour everywhere. Only, Shelly wasn&rsquo t flattered she was terrified by Jessie&rsquo s devotion&mdash especially after Jessie was arrested. But after a year of therapy, Jessie understands what happened. She&rsquo s not the same person anymore. Jessie keeps her head down, but when Shelly is found dead, Jessie&rsquo s troubled past comes tumbling out and she quickly becomes a suspect in the high-profile murder. As the police close in on her, ignoring other credible leads, Jessie realizes Shelly&rsquo s murder will be pinned on her&mdash the perfect scapegoat&mdash unless she finds the real killer. And no one knows Shelly&rsquo s life and inner circle better than her. But she will have to go deeper into the dark&mdash if ever she wants to find her way out.