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Beacon Falls #4
Gone Dark
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons, a new installment in her award-winning thriller-suspense series featuring Lucy
Sometimes it's safer to stay hidden in the shadows...
She's been on the run for almost half her life. Hiding from the law after a thoughtless act of juvenile delinquency goes horribly wrong.
Gone dark was what they called it, falling so far off the grid, going so deep underground, no one could tie you to your old life. Forget who you are, what you were, where you came from...
The world has changed since then, has forgiven her crime, has almost forgotten her...can Lucy find her to let her know she's free to reclaim her life before she makes another mistake? This time one that will destroy her life forever.
If she leaves the dark, can she survive the light of day? Or is she simply making herself an easy target for an implacable enemy who never forgets or forgives?
Sometimes it's safer to stay hidden in the shadows...
She's been on the run for almost half her life. Hiding from the law after a thoughtless act of juvenile delinquency goes horribly wrong.
Gone dark was what they called it, falling so far off the grid, going so deep underground, no one could tie you to your old life. Forget who you are, what you were, where you came from...
The world has changed since then, has forgiven her crime, has almost forgotten her...can Lucy find her to let her know she's free to reclaim her life before she makes another mistake? This time one that will destroy her life forever.
If she leaves the dark, can she survive the light of day? Or is she simply making herself an easy target for an implacable enemy who never forgets or forgives?
- GenresMystery
221 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 29, 2017
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About the author
C.J. Lyons
80 books895 followersNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty novels, former pediatric ER doctor CJ Lyons has lived the life she writes about in her cutting edge Thrillers with Heart.
Two times winner of the International Thriller Writers coveted Thriller Award, CJ has been called a "master within the genre" (Pittsburgh Magazine) and her work has been praised as "breathtakingly fast-paced" and "riveting" (Publishers Weekly) with "characters with beating hearts and three dimensions" (Newsday).
Learn more about CJ's Thrillers with Heart at www.CJLyons.net
Two times winner of the International Thriller Writers coveted Thriller Award, CJ has been called a "master within the genre" (Pittsburgh Magazine) and her work has been praised as "breathtakingly fast-paced" and "riveting" (Publishers Weekly) with "characters with beating hearts and three dimensions" (Newsday).
Learn more about CJ's Thrillers with Heart at www.CJLyons.net
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September 26, 2017
Another thrilling installment of the Beacon Falls series. Can't get enough if Lucy Guardino. Non stop action made me unable to put this book down! Looking forward to what's next.
July 9, 2019
4.5 stars. Lyons’ Lucy et al never disappoint!
September 27, 2017
Gone Dark is the fourth book in C.J. Lyons' Beacon Falls series featuring Lucy Guardino, honestly one of my favorite C.J. Lyons characters!
Lucy and her team are enlisted to find a missing person, a girl who has "gone dark" after escaping from a small town Juvenal "justice" system....but there is more at stake than they are lead to believe and as the search begins Lucy learns that she must unravel a cold case in order to bring this girl out of the dark alive!
Fast paced and a nail biter to the end! As Always C.J. and Lucy deliver!
Lucy and her team are enlisted to find a missing person, a girl who has "gone dark" after escaping from a small town Juvenal "justice" system....but there is more at stake than they are lead to believe and as the search begins Lucy learns that she must unravel a cold case in order to bring this girl out of the dark alive!
Fast paced and a nail biter to the end! As Always C.J. and Lucy deliver!
September 26, 2017
Super reading, can't put down. Beacon Falls is a great series, but then all of CJ's books are!
Gone Dark is about small town bigotry, young girl gets accused of murder, cops do not protect her, she flees and stays off the grid for years. But when a cold case come up to be solved, the truth comes out. Great reading!!!
Gone Dark is about small town bigotry, young girl gets accused of murder, cops do not protect her, she flees and stays off the grid for years. But when a cold case come up to be solved, the truth comes out. Great reading!!!
September 21, 2017
I absolutely loved it! Once I start reading one of CJ books I can't put it down until I'm thru!
Beacon Falls, Lucy Guardino Thrillers & Renegade Justice I wait patiently for the next addition :-) and I am never disappointed
Edge of seat riveting
Beacon Falls, Lucy Guardino Thrillers & Renegade Justice I wait patiently for the next addition :-) and I am never disappointed
Edge of seat riveting
September 19, 2017
Entangled
Sit amazes me how each book just totally engulfs my every minute until I have completed the last page. It is almost like you are a part of the terrifying scenes.
Sit amazes me how each book just totally engulfs my every minute until I have completed the last page. It is almost like you are a part of the terrifying scenes.
November 30, 2017
OMG what an Awesome read!!!
CJ did it again! Another book you just can't put down! I don't know how she keeps doing it gets better with every read. The dynamic between Lucy and Megan it's not all Flowers and mushy, it's more like real life mothers and daughters, but at the same time you know they really love each other. I think Megan is going to follow in Lucy's footsteps! Either way I look forward to another thrilling read from C.J.!!
CJ did it again! Another book you just can't put down! I don't know how she keeps doing it gets better with every read. The dynamic between Lucy and Megan it's not all Flowers and mushy, it's more like real life mothers and daughters, but at the same time you know they really love each other. I think Megan is going to follow in Lucy's footsteps! Either way I look forward to another thrilling read from C.J.!!
January 26, 2020
3.5 stars.
It’s always a pleasure to follow the adventures of Lucy & co. The story of Cherish is heartbreaking and makes for a good book.
If anything, I wish Megan weren’t featured so heavily. I find her rather annoying.
A good read.
It’s always a pleasure to follow the adventures of Lucy & co. The story of Cherish is heartbreaking and makes for a good book.
If anything, I wish Megan weren’t featured so heavily. I find her rather annoying.
A good read.
August 22, 2024
Lucy and the Beacon group have a client who is looking for a girl accused of killing a teenager 10 years ago. The case is twisted as Lucy and the team seek to unravel the mystery of how the girl escaped from a courtroom, not to be found.
September 24, 2017
Another good Lucy book from CJ Lyon.
March 27, 2018
Another great book in the series
This is another great book by C J Lyons in the Lucy Guardino - Beacon Falls series. Really well written, fast pace, excellent read.
This is another great book by C J Lyons in the Lucy Guardino - Beacon Falls series. Really well written, fast pace, excellent read.
March 24, 2019
Suspense at it's best
I always feel like I'm watching a suspenseful movie when reading a CJ Lyons book. The action is so vivid and the emotions so raw. I love it.
I always feel like I'm watching a suspenseful movie when reading a CJ Lyons book. The action is so vivid and the emotions so raw. I love it.
February 25, 2020
Grrrreeat
Sad.complicated refreshing story. Megan even gets to work a case, Foss z good job and comes away with A new perspective
Sad.complicated refreshing story. Megan even gets to work a case, Foss z good job and comes away with A new perspective
July 10, 2020
Gone dark
The continuing story great characters very interesting plots to keep you guessing what is happening next great reading I love reading
The continuing story great characters very interesting plots to keep you guessing what is happening next great reading I love reading
October 23, 2025
Another interesting read about a larger societal issue. That was all very well done, but the ending was a little rushed There were definitely some unexpected twists in this one!
October 10, 2019
So boring, I was 60% finished and quit.
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