Christine Steinmeyer thought the anonymous suicide note she found in her mailbox on Christmas Eve wasn't meant for her. But, the man calling in to her radio show seems convinced otherwise.
"You let her die...”
That's only the beginning. Bit by bit, her life is turned upside down. But, who among her friends and family hates her enough to want to destroy her? And why?
It's as if someone has taken over her life, and everything holding it together starts to crumble. Soon all that is left is an unimaginable nightmare.
Martin Servaz is on leave in a clinic for depressed cops, haunted by his childhood sweetheart Marianne's kidnapping by his nemesis, the psychopath Julian Hirtmann. One day, he receives a key card to a hotel room in the mail-the room where an artist committed suicide a year earlier. Someone wants him to get back to work, which he's more than ready to do, despite his mandatory sick leave. Servaz soon uncovers evidence of a truly terrifying crime. Could someone really be cruelly, consciously hounding women to death?
What if the people closest to us are not what they seem? What happens when someone takes control of your life and your relationships? And, what is hiding in the darkness? In Bernard Minier's Don't Turn Out the Lights, you won't see who's coming after you.
"Minier keeps the suspense watertight and the whiplash-like twists coming. Part of Minier's authorial strength is his intensive investment in his characters. Don't Turn Out the Lights is a powerful psychological thriller and one of the zippiest reads of the year."
Boston Globe
"Minier once again displays a rare gift for raising goose bumps. Minier sustains a high degree of tension throughout, while making his characters' reactions to extreme stress plausible."
Publishers Weekly (starred review, one of PW's best books of 2016)
"This is not Gone Girl. It is Go, Girl! No one is the person they seem at first to be. Each of the characters either greatly deceives the reader or manages to rise to a challenge unexpectedly. It is a brilliant aria da capo, set appropriately to an operatic soundtrack, with a surprising and thoroughly satisfying conclusion. Perfect for fans of Martin Walker's Bruno Courrèges series."
