Things We Do in the Dark

How it reads

Things We Do in the Dark is thriller (psychological thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are identity, secrets and justice. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 352 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.