I seem to have been drawn to the dark side - finished The Darkness Within (which I'll write up soon) and started The Darkness Inside by John Rickards. First paragraph (chapter one not the prologue):
'RELATIVES CALL ON FALL RIVER KILLER TO BREAK SILENCE,' the headline reads. Dense columns of text fill much of page five of the Boston Globebeneath, along with the same mugshot of Cody Williams the media's used in every story written about him since his arrest seven years ago. Hair tied back in a ponytail, pulling his forehead taut and snapping his skin to attention, white in the photographer's flash. Heavy eyes staring contemptuously forwards. A faint sneer on cracked lips."
Seven years ago, Cody Williams was the FBI's prime suspect in a series of horrific New England abductions.
Seven years ago, Alex Rourke put Cody Williams behind bars. Now Cody Williams is dying. He wants to set the record straight. And he'll only talk to Alex....
Former FBI Agent Rourke has successfully reinvented himself as a private detective, but he's still haunted by the Williams case. And facing the monster again will mean squaring up to some demons from the past. For Cody has nothing left to lose - and a big final hand to play.
When it appears that one of Cody's victims, Holly Tynon, might be alive but still held hostage, Alex is left to make a terrible choice that, either way, will mean the end of at least one life ...