Reyes holds a secret over Paris, and as she’s unexpectedly released from prison, she’s determined to collect her due or else expose the secret Paris can’t afford for the world to learn. Meanwhile, rewind 25 years, and we meet Ruby Reyes- the Ice Queen-who was convicted of a cold-hearted murder in nineties. From there, the story spirals into a dark ‘whodunit’ as media attention reaches a fever pitch and she begins to run out of options. The story opens with a shocking scene-Paris Peralta holding a bloody razor over her celebrity husband’s dead body. Jennifer Hillier delivers a riveting story of reinvention, murder, and abuse with her latest- THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK. Left with no other choice, Paris must finally confront the dark past she escaped, once and for all.īecause the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges. Reyes knows who Paris really is, and when she’s unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris’s secrets. Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it’s only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she’s worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future. But as bad as this looks, it’s not what worries her the most.

When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom-covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her-she knows she’ll be charged with murder. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future. Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts.

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