REVIEW:

Dark Current by Ashley Farley was one of the best books I’ve read by her in the Crime Fiction category. If you have followed me for very long, you know I am a big fan of Crime and Mystery stories. I am also a big fan of Ashley Farley! She is one of those authors I don’t bother reading the synopsis. I know she is going to deliver a great story to me every time I pick up one of her books. She writes in a few different genres and I enjoy them all. 

Dark Current is the second book in the Sutherlin Files. Book one was great but this one was spellbinding. I couldn’t put it down. I read most of it yesterday and finished up this morning. My mama had this saying: A day late and a dollar short. I’m a day late and I’m sorry I didn’t get it read sooner. It was a treat. I can’t wait for book three. It is Dark Current Reckoning. It promises to be better than the first two books.

These books are about Lane Sutherlin. She is a detective and is recently divorced. She has returned to her hometown of Tidewell, Virginia because her best friend has gone missing. She finds her hometown is corrupt and her Father who was a sitting judge has retired and has dementia. I don’t want to tell you a lot about the story because you know I want you to have as much fun as I had reading these books. I can’t wait to read the rest of the story. I promise you, it won’t be long.

Oh! Do you know what? This series also takes place in a small town and you know how much I love small towns! The stories deal with corruption, trafficking and so much more. I think there will be a little love story going on too.

If you like a story that will keep your interest and keep that mind of yours rolling trying to figure it all out, this is a series meant just for you. The Sutherlin Files is supposed to be only 3 books. You have plenty of time to read the first two so you can be ready for the explosive 3rd book. It just has to be explosive with all that is going on that needs to be fixed for that town of Tidewell.

I highly recommend Dark Current and the other two books that go with it. You definitely want to read these books in order. I took this book to bed with me because I simply couldn’t put it down. I sadly had to finish it this morning. Do yourself a favor and get the first two books of the Sutherlin Files to go on your nightstand for your reading pleasure.

Until next time…Happy Reading!

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SYNOPSIS:

Lane Sutherlin thought bringing her best friend’s killer to justice would finally give her peace. Instead, she’s left with a chilling acquittal, whispers of jury tampering, and a part-time role with the sheriff’s office that ends the moment she starts asking the wrong questions.

When a renowned fertility specialist is murdered and harvested eggs vanish from her clinic, a terrified young woman turns to Lane—the only person she dares trust. Her story cracks open a crime far more calculated than a random break-in, pointing straight to a deeper conspiracy.

The Old Guard—Tidewell’s old-monied power players—aren’t just behind the trafficking. They’re determined to reshape the town itself. They’ve corrupted its leaders, bent its law enforcement, and turned its people into pawns. And now they’ve marked Lane as the one woman who can stop them.

With Briggs, the town’s sharp-eyed commonwealth’s attorney, at her side and Tidewell’s future hanging in the balance, Lane must decide how far she’ll go to protect the place she still calls home—before the darkness closing in finally swallows her whole.

Because the storm gathering over Tidewell isn’t just political—it’s personal.

And Lane Sutherlin is done running.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Amazon Charts and USA Today bestselling author

Ashley Farley writes Southern women’s fiction about love, loss, and the quiet courage it takes to start over. Her stories follow everyday women—mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends—as they navigate life’s hardest moments and find their way back to hope.

A South Carolina native, Ashley’s heart still belongs to the Lowcountry, where moss-draped oaks meet salty air and Southern charm runs deep. She now writes from her waterfront home on Virginia’s Northern Neck, where she shares her days with family and two strong-willed Labradors, Emmie and Willa.