Black Rock Bay

By: Brianna Labuskes

Narrated by: Sarah Naughton

A detective returns to her haunted past, with deadly consequences, in an icy novel of psychological suspense by the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of Girls of Glass.

Detective Mia Hart never planned to return home. One terrifying summer night, Mia lost two of her closest friends to suicide. Scarred and broken, she fled St. Lucy’s, a small island off the coast of Maine.

Now fifteen years later, when the body of a journalist is fished out of the bay near St. Lucy’s cliffs, Mia is forced to help with the case - and face all she’s been running from. As she approaches the island, the wintery winds of Black Rock Bay usher Mia home again.

When Mia digs into the reporter’s death, she finds he left behind a written clue: It wasn't suicide. Mia soon discovers it’s her own tragic past he was referring to. Now, as she tries to untangle a web of lies, Mia realizes that solving this case means becoming the next pawn in someone’s blood-chilling game of truth or die.

©2019 Brianna Labuskes (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Black Rock Bay by Brianna Labuskes is a gripping psychological thriller that explores the dark secrets of a small island community. The story follows Detective Mia Hart, who returns to her hometown of Black Rock Bay after a traumatic incident in Boston. She is assigned to investigate the apparent suicide of a young woman, but soon discovers that nothing is as it seems on the island. As she digs deeper into the case, she uncovers a web of lies, betrayal, and murder that threatens to expose the island's dark past and destroy her own sanity. Labuskes creates a tense and atmospheric setting that keeps the reader hooked until the end. The characters are well-developed and complex, each with their own motives and secrets. The plot is full of twists and turns that keep the reader guessing until the final reveal. Black Rock Bay is a captivating and suspenseful read that will appeal to fans of psychological thrillers and mysteries.

The novel is brilliant and suspenseful.

The author has written a brilliant and suspenseful novel! The narration is superb! It brings all the characters to life!

I enjoyed this!

I really enjoyed this book but again... my actual "in my head" reading of it would have been different. I thought it was a sad story for sure.

It was OK

It was OK, not the author's best but entertaining enough. I really liked her newest book. I'm not ready to give up on her, I'll go try another one. The performance was great.

Thriller mystery up to the end

This was a fast paced fantastic listen.

The characters were flawed making them seem realistic.

The plot is a cautionary tale that being young doesn’t mean you really KNOW everything.

Sarah Naughton did an excellent job with the storytelling!

Intense

This book will have you guessing all the way through. It was interesting to see how the author worked the characters into complex book! Lots of the unexpected!

a great mystery

The story is very interesting and written so that it's difficult to know where it is heading. Didn't realize who the responsible character is until the last few chapters . The narrator is very good. It has a surprise at the end, as well.

So many twists and turns

good read. when I thought I was losing track I actually figured it out along with the characters. so many twists and turns I never got bored.

Loved

Absolutely loved Black Rock Bay! It had me on the edge of my seat nearly the entire book. For entertaining.

Great

It kinda leaves you hanging at the end but a very good book. A cold case detective goes back to her home town she hasn't been back since a tragic night when she was 16. Her and her partner are so close but her old small town changes things.