Held in the Dark: A Small Town Riveting Kidnapping Mystery Thriller

by Robert J. Walker

When a college girl vanishes, her best friend follows a trail into the city’s darkest corners. But the deeper she digs, the closer she gets to a killer who’s been perfecting his trap for years... and this time, she might be the next to disappear.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2025

Reviews

[Anthony Fratto]

The story was interesting and fun to read; however, this author has the annoying habit of repeating every tiny thing he has had to say way too many times.

[Dee Cash]

Unstoppable

Peter, the former green beret, had tried for sixteen years to find the monster who had kidnapped his niece and murdered her boyfriend thus driving his beloved sister to suicide. He had moved from east to west coast and changed his name and occupation to try to escape his demons when one of his customers told him something that brought everything front and center in his life. He could never stop hunting . Held in the Dark is a fast moving and well written thriller.

[John Craig]

A psycho with a warped mind, is killing young men and girls.... our hero has experienced this first hand, and spends years tracking this psycho down.... the ending is wild, you have to read it to find out what happened.

[Donna]

Great story! LOTS of language. You have to get past that to enjoy the story. It was a fast paced book that I looked forward to reading every day.

[Julie]

Boring. 44% in and I don't want to read anymore

[Mrs Diane]

Omg what a great read. Would make a terrific film.

This had me hooked from the first page.
Loved the crazy storyline, the characters were brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed this book.

[Gwen Kealy]

Very interesting book

It was an interesting story because it was never obvious who the killer was. I would have enjoyed reading about the trial etc as well