Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2016.
When a disgraced New York crime journalist is despatched to the rural wilderness of Texarkana, on the Texas and Arkansas border, in 1946 to report on a series of savage local murders, he quickly falls for the seductive sister of one of the victims and discovers that his investigation is anything but welcome in town where a whole series of secrets are being jealously protected by authorities and individuals.
A powerful debut novel by a British author with a strong feel for Southern cadences and atmosphere, this can't fail to impress and seldom puts a foot wrong both as a puzzle slowly being decoded and a recreation of the post WW2 era and place with echoes of classic literary writers with added twists and turns. Beguiling stuff. ~ Maxim Jaubowski
1946, Texarkana: a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders - young couples who've been slaughtered at a local date spot. Charlie finds himself drawn into the case by the beautiful and fiery Lizzie, sister to one of the victims, Alice - the only person to have survived the attacks and seen the killer up close.
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1946, Texarkana: a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders - young couples who've been slaughtered at a local date spot.
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The Dark Inside was written by Rod Reynolds and published by Faber & Faber
The Dark Inside has 394 pages
Yes it is part of A Charlie Yates Mystery series
