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More Than You’ll Ever Know – Book Review

Title:- More Than You’ll Ever Know

Author:- Katie Gutierrez

Date published:- June 7th 2022

No. of pages:- 435 pages

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

IT WAS A STORY THAT CASSIE BOWMAN COULDN’T RESIST.
LORE RIVERA LOVED TWO MEN.
UNTIL ONE OF THEM SHOT THE OTHER…

Lore Rivera was married to two men at once, until on a baking hot day in 1986, one of them found out and shot the other. A secret double life, a tragic murder. That’s the story the world knows.

It’s not the story that fascinates Cassie Bowman.

Carrying the weight of her own family tragedy, true-crime writer Cassie wants to know more about the mysterious woman at the heart of it all, Lore. How did one woman fall in love with two different men? How did she balance the love and the lies?

To her surprise, Cassie finds that Lore is willing to talk. To finally tell her heartbreaking story – about how a dance became an affair; how a marriage became a murder.

As the two women grow closer, Cassie finds she can’t help but confess her own darkest secrets. But when she slowly starts to realise that there might be more to the night of the murder than anyone has realised, can either woman face up to the thing they’ve been hiding from: the truth?

The plot of this story sounds interesting and intriguing.

Present Day, Cassie Bowman is a struggling true crime author and she decided to do a book about a woman named Lore who was married to two men back in the 1980’s. Then one day during the confrontation, one husband died and the other husband is sent to prison for the murder. Now Cassie, dealing with her own personal demons works with Lore to discover what really happened that night.

The story divides between the present day which is set in 2017 and past which is basically told from the point of view of Lore. The present day shift between Cassie’s and Lore’s POV. There were some tense moments, I got to know a little about the Mexican culture in general and I did enjoy the story. The writing was great and I do like how Cassie and Lore worked together. I also liked the backstory of Cassie’s background and her strained relationship with her father.

The only problem I had with the book is, I feel this book was way too long and that there were some unnecessary parts in the books that are not really relevant in the book. Nonetheless, I actually enjoyed this thriller and worth four stars in my opinion.

The Fourth Wing- Book Review – Worth the hype or not?

Book Details

Title:- The Fourth Wing

Author:- Rebecca Yarros

Date published:- May 2nd 2023

No. of pages:- 500 pages

Genre:- Romance/Fantasy

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die

Congratulations to Rebecca Yarros for winning Goodreads Choice award for The Fourth Wing! This book is one of the most anticipated books and is a huge trend in Booktoks, Amazon and Instagram, topping the bestselling charts. I have always wanted to get my hands on this book as I wanted to read this most hyped book of the century.

And finally I got the copy and started reading.

This whole review is based on my own opinion and different people have different tastes so I just you guys to know, I personally think this book doesn’t deserve that much of hype.

Violet Sorrengail is supposed to be a Scribe but at the last minute, her mother puts her to Riders Quadrant, where you need to go through hell in order to survive the Riders Quadrant. At the quadrant, Violet meets Xaden Riorsen, whose father was killed by Violet’s mother and who holds a grudge against the Sorrengail family. Xaden would seek justice for his father by killing Violet. The motto of Basgiath War College–graduate or die.

I think the concept of the whole story was fascinating–a school where they train you to fight in the war, train you to ride on the dragons. But I didn’t find nothing special about this book. One minute Xaden wans to kill Violet, the next day, they were lovers. There were spicy scenes towards the end of the book.

In the beginning, I found this book really boring. I nearly DNFed the book but then I don’t usually do DNF so I kept reading the book, hoping that there must be something in the book that would stand out, that might be the reason why this book worth so much hype. But I couldn’t find anything that is worth. Towards the middle of the book, I think the story got a little better even though it was a slow burn to me at first. The cliffhanger at the end was great and that actually made me want to read the next installment of the series Iron Flame.

Does this book worth the hype? I don’t think so. Over the years, some of the Booktoks that are showing off the books that are much hyped in my opinion is not deserved to be hyped. And the Fourth Wing is such a book. All in all, the book worth four stars.

Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and coffee addict. She is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing, The Last Letter and The Things We Leave Unfinished. She’s also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward. Rebecca loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. A mother of six, she is currently surviving the teenage years with all four of her hockey-playing sons.

Want to know about Rebecca’s next release? Check her out online at www.rebeccayarros.com.

Christmas Book Review – Lovelight Farms (Lovelight #1)

Title:- Lovelight Farms (Lovelight #1)

Author:- B.K. Borison

Date published:- November 10 2021

No. of pages:- 332 pages

Genre:- Romance/Holiday

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

Lovelight Farms is a wholesome rom-com featuring a handsome, freckled data analyst, a messy, optimistic Christmas tree farm owner, and a small town with the best hazelnut lattes on the east coast. This sweet and steamy romance is a holiday happily ever after for fans of Tessa Bailey and Hannah Grace from TikTok favourite author, B. K. Borison.

In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she’s loved since she was a child, Stella enters a contest with insta-famous influencer, Evelyn St. James. With the added publicity and the huge cash prize, she might just be able to save the farm from its financial woes. There’s just one problem. To make the farm seem like a romantic destination for the holidays, she lied on the application and said that she owns Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. Only. . .there is no boyfriend.

Enter best friend Luka Peters. He just came home for some hot chocolate, and somehow got a farm and a serious relationship in the process.

Lovelight Farms is the first book in a seasonally-inspired quartet of cosy romances following four friends finding love in the small town of Inglewild.

If you are into cozy small town romance with a holiday setting, then this book is for you. This is the first book of the Lovelight series, featuring Stella who is the owner of the Christmas farm.

Stella is in heaps of debt. Someone or something is destroying her farm, causing her to lose so much, her shipments stopped arriving and now Stella feels that if she doesn’t solve her debt issue quickly, she might had to close down the farm. A social media influencer, Evelyn is hosting a competition for the couples owning small businesses, with a cash prize. Stella wants to enter into the competition but she is single. So she enlist her long time best friend Luka to be her fake boyfriend and while they pretend they were dating, they realize that they were actually having feeling for each other.

This book was a TikTok sensation and I might say, I actually enjoyed this book. Reading this book actually gave me a vibe that I am also in a small town in Delaware and that the holiday season in the air made this whole book great. I really like the chemistry between Stella and Luka and really wanted the two to date. I also like the dynamic of friendship between Stella, Layla and Beckett. The writing was really great and the whole story is written in Stella’s POV although there is a bonus chapter in the end where you can get to read one chapter in Luka’s POV as well. The characters in this book were all likable in my opinion and I honestly thought the whole story line is really adorable. Overall this book worth four stars!

Bone Lake – Arc Book Review (Nikki Hunt Series)

Title:- Bone Lake (Agent Nikki Hunt Series Book 8)

Author:- Stacy Green

Date published:- will be published on 18th December 2023

Publisher:- Bookouture

No. of pages:- 296 pages

Genre:- Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5

Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

Broken flowers drift on the foggy surface of the water. All is quiet, until the squad of police cruisers race up to the grand house that stands alone on the lakeside. Two girls lie inside, their bodies broken and still forever…

When Special Agent Nikki Hunt is called to a home on Bone Lake, she is devastated to find blood all over the floor and two young women who clearly fought for their lives. But the viciousness of the scene isn’t the only thing that strikes Nikki. The house was the scene of another murder twenty years ago. The killer was never caught. Is this a terrible coincidence, or have they struck again?

Nikki’s team quickly identify the girls from their belongings in the bedrooms upstairs. They had a party the night they were killed, and Nikki realizes that one attendee, their friend Alexia , is missing…

Desperate to find Alexia, Nikki soon discovers that the only survivor of the original massacre, Matt Kline, still owns the house. She is instantly suspicious of him. But he claims he rents it out and hasn’t been there for years, and as Nikki looks into his dark eyes she sees her own terrible past.

With time running out, Nikki and her team dig into Alexia’s life, and find out she was fascinated with the original Bone Lake case. Amongst her things, they find notebook after notebook about serial killers. Then Nikki is shocked to learn that Alexia was having a relationship with Matt. Has Nikki make a terrible mistake trusting a fellow survivor? And can she get the truth out of him, and find Alexia alive, before it’s too late?

You’ll be glued to the pages of this heart-racing new thriller in the Nikki Hunt series. Fans of Lisa Regan, Mary Burton and Kendra Elliot will be gripped by the twists in this incredible read.

Agent Nikki Hunt is back with another case, that may be related to a cold case that happened in 2001.

In 2001, eight-year-old Matt witnessed his parents and his sister Amy getting murdered by a masked man wearing in black. Present day, two girls were brutally murdered and one of the girls Alexia is missing. Alexia was making a documentary about the murder that happened in 2001. With time running out and determined to find Alexia before it was too late, Nikki and her partner Liam must find the person who was responsible for the murders in 2001 and they believed it could be the same person.

This was a fast paced thriller. There were many twists and turns along the way although I kind of expected the ending and I also suspected by the middle of the book, who might be the real murderer. Nevertheless, that did not lower my rating as the author has once again managed to make the reader feel like they are on the edge of the story and this thriller like all her Nikki Hunt series are unputdownable with so much action going on in the series. You could read as a standalone novel but then I highly recommend to read this series starting from Book 1

Overall, this book worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Stacy Green is the author of the Lucy Kendall thriller series and the Delta Crossroads mystery trilogy. ALL GOOD DEEDS (Lucy Kendall #1) won a bronze medal for mystery and thriller at the 2015 IPPY Awards. TIN GOD (Delta Crossroads #1) was runner-up for best mystery/thriller at the 2013 Kindle Book Awards.

Stacy has a love of thrillers and crime fiction, and she is always looking for the next dark and twisted novel to enjoy. She started her career in journalism before becoming a stay at home mother and rediscovering her love of writing. She lives in Iowa with her husband and daughter and their three spoiled fur babies.

She is currently working on a new crime fiction series and is represented by Italia Gandolfo of Gandolfo, Helin and Fountain Literary Management for literary and dramatic rights.

Website: stacygreenauthor.com
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The Collective – Book Review

Title:- The Collective

Author:- Alison Gaylin

Date published:- November 2nd 2021

No. of pages:- 338

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Never Look Back and If I Die Tonight plumbs the dark side of justice and the depths of diabolical revenge in this propulsive novel of psychological suspense that melds the driving narrative of Then She Was Gone with the breathtaking twists of The Chain and the violent fury of Kill Bill.

Just how far will a grieving mother go to right a tragic wrong?

Camille Gardner is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man she believes to be responsible.

When her rash actions attract the attention of a secret group of women—the collective—Camille is drawn into a dark web where these mothers share their wildly different stories of loss as well as their desire for justice in a world where privilege denies accountability and perpetrators emerge unscathed. Fueled by mutual rage, these women orchestrate their own brand of justice through precise, anonymous, complexly plotted and perfectly executed revenge killings, with individual members completing a specific and integral task in each plan.

As Camille struggles to comprehend whether this is a role-playing exercise or terrifying reality, she must decide if these women are truly avenging angels or monsters. Becoming more deeply enmeshed in the group, Camille learns truths about the collective—and about herself—that she may not be able to survive.

Camille is still going through grief at the death of her daughter. She knows that Blanchard’s son is responsible for her daughter’s murder and rape and she is trying to cope with the death of her daughter. Then one day, a woman give her an information to join a group of grieving mothers, whose children were murdered but the perpetrators got away with the crime. At first, it was a chat room, where the women talked about their grief. However, it becomes clear to Camillie that this was more than just a chat room but an assignment to take justice into their hands…

This story and plot line in my opinion was unique. You could actually feel Camille’s grief as she is still dealing with her daughter’s death and the fact that most of Camille’s friends think that Camille needed help. I also like how the women do not know the main leader of the group as she is known as 0001. Each of these women are known as their username. There were some twists and turns, and the book was actually fast paced and a page turner. What got me later into the story was the unexpected ending–I actually did not really expect that kind of ending at all!

I do understand the grief that all these mothers are going through–while their killers are roaming freely around, the mothers are the ones who are still suffering. So it is realistic in some way. It was riveting and truly terrifying as these women take matters into their hands, probably breaking many laws in order to bring justice and give closure. I actually couldn’t put the book down and have to say, this is a page turner.

Overall this book worth four stars!

USA Today and international bestselling author Alison Gaylin has won the Edgar and Shamus awards, and has been nominated for many more, including the L.A. Times Book Prize, the ITW Thriller, the Strand Book Award, the Anthony and the Macavity. She is currently at work on her 14th novel.

Misery – Book Review

Title:- Misery

Author:- Stephen King

Date published:- June 8th 1987

No. of pages:- 369 pages

Genre:- Horror/Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

One of the true classics of psychological suspense, about a writer and his No. 1 fan, now with a stunning new cover look.

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he’s writing to stay alive.

Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her – with relief, with joy. Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And now he wants to get on to some real writing.

That’s when the car accident happens, and he wakes up splinted and in pain, in the remote mountain home of his rescuer, Annie Wilkes.

The good news is that Annie was a nurse and has pain-killing drugs. The bad news is that she has long been Paul’s Number One Fan. And when she finds out what Paul has done to Misery, she doesn’t like it. She doesn’t like it at all . . .

This is the first Stephen King book I have read.

And probably the most disturbing book I have read as well.

Paul Sheldon is a famous writer. He gets into a car accident and then becomes unconscious. When he wakes up, he finds himself on a bed, cuffed, his legs badly injured and realizes that a deranged woman named Annie Wilkies had actually kidnapped/saved him from the crash. She would treat him but on one condition–he had to bring Misery back to life.

Paul Sheldon’s novels involve a character named Misery which was very popular and he killed off the character so he can focus on a newer thing. But Annie, who is his number one fan is not satisfied and so she brings him a typewriter and forces him to write a book where Misery comes back to live. And Paul must write the book in order to survive.

This was actually an interesting but also disturbing as well. Annie is the perfect psychopath that you certainly don’t want to get wrong foot with. It’s also disturbing at Paul suffering with his injuries, to the part where Annie actually beats him up almost if she is not satisfied with what he has written. This was fast paced, and I also enjoyed reading excerpts from the novel that he is working on for Annie Wilkies. I really felt like I was watching a horror movie while reading this book. I can actually understand why Stephen King is one of the famous horror writers and I have watched movies based on his novels and so after reading Misery, I am more than excited to read more of his books.

Is this book worth reading? If you are into gore, and horror stuff, then Misery will be perfect as it is set in the backdrop of snowy Colorado. Overall worth four stars.

Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father’s family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen’s grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.

Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.

He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men’s magazines.

Stephen made his first professional short story sale (“The Glass Floor”) to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men’s magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.

In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.

Out of Sight (Mackenzie Price Book 6) Arc Book Review

Title:- Out of Sight (Detective Mackenzie Price series Book 6)

Author:- Ruhi Choudhary

Date published:- will be published on 11th December 2023

Publisher:- Bookouture

Genre:- Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5

Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

The woman’s body was propped against the rough bark of the tree. Traces of dried blood streaked her pallid face like brushstrokes. There was a horrifying void in her face where her left eye should have been.

When a young woman is found murdered in the woods, Detective Mackenzie Price and her partner Nick Blackwood are first on the scene. The harrowing discovery leaves them both breathless—the victim’s left eye has been removed. Mackenzie identifies the victim as Whitney Smythe , a lost soul with troubled past, and makes another shocking discovery—Whitney recently gave birth.

Reeling from the scene, Mackenzie and her team soon discover that this case is very similar to a murder that happened thirty years ago. But the killer was captured and died behind bars, so how can the two murders possibly be connected?

When a second body washes ashore with her left eye missing, Mackenzie is certain— there’s a serial killer on the loose and she has to stop them before they pick their next victim.

Mackenzie soon discovers that both victims were connected to a commune just outside of town, a breakthrough that changes the whole course of the investigation. But every step Mackenzie takes towards discovering who the sadistic serial killer is puts her closer to mortal danger. Because someone close to her has a personal connection to the case—and they’re not telling the truth…

A completely gripping and pulse-pounding crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat flipping the pages deep into the night. Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Karin Slaughter and Robert Dugoni.

Mackenzie Price is back with another case to solve!

A body of a girl was found deep in the woods but her left eye is gouged out. The case is eerily similar to another case that happened nearly thirty years ago when Sully, Mackenzie’s sergeant was a rookie cop but the killer is already caught and is behind the bars. Mackenzie and Nick then take over the case, wondering if there are any similarities between the previous case and this case. However, when another body of a woman was found, in the similar fashion, both Mackenzie and Nick find that both women are from a place called The Farm, a cult place where they breed the babies and give away. Mackenzie must find the killer before he or she attacks again.

This was actually a fast-paced thriller, unputdownable and a page turner. There were so many twists and turns and many of them are unexpected twists and turns. The story starts with the scene where Mackenzie was arrested and so as a reader you are wondering what is going to happen to Mackenzie as you read on through the book. The book is also well written and gripping and I like the fact that the author made the reader feel like they are a part of the story. Overall, this book completely worth four stars.

This is the sixth book of the Mackenzie Price series and so if you want to read this book, it is highly recommended to read from Book 1 onwards as some of Mackenzie’s past is often unraveled in the book.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Christmas Book Review – In a Holidaze

Title:- In A Holidaze

Author:- Christina Lauren

Date published:- October 6th 2020

No. of pages:- 307 pages

Genre:- Romance/Holiday

Rating:-

Plot:- 3/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 3.5/5

One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners..

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.

But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families. Mentally melting down as she drives away from the cabin for the final time, Mae throws out what she thinks is a simple plea to the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy.

The next thing she knows, tires screech and metal collides, everything goes black. But when Mae gasps awake…she’s on an airplane bound for Utah, where she begins the same holiday all over again. With one hilarious disaster after another sending her back to the plane, Mae must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop—and finally get her true love under the mistletoe.

Jam-packed with yuletide cheer, an unforgettable cast of characters, and Christina Lauren’s trademark hijinks, this swoon-worthy romantic read will make you believe in the power of wishes and the magic of the holidays.

This might probably be my fifth or sixth Christina Lauren book but this book is based on the Christmas season–and since I am on a mission to read as much Christmas books as possible this month, I decided to read this book.

Maelyn Jones are spending Christmas with her parents, her brother and their friends including the brothers Andrew and Theo. However soon, Maelyn finds herself in some sort of a time loop–the events leading to the Christmas seem to be repeating again and again. Maelyn must discover her true love to stop the time loop from happening again and again.

This book is short and so it is actually a quick read. But I felt that this book wasn’t as great as her previous books. Although I really liked the setting of the book as this book gives you an air of Christmas feelings, the book mainly talks about Maelyn’s feelings towards Andrew as well towards his brother Theo. Although the pacing of the whole story as a whole was great, nevertheless, I did enjoy this book although this book wasn’t one of their best books in my opinion. Worth 3.5 stars.

The Cold Case – ARC Book Review

Title:- The Cold Case

Author:- Will Shindler

Date published:- will be published on 7th December 2023

No. of pages;- 371 pages

Publisher:- Hodder and Stoughton

Genre:- Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5

Writing:- 5/5

Overall rating:- 5/5

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler’s acclaimed DI Alex Finn series – available to pre-order now!Years ago someone got away with murder… But time’s up. 2009 During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and fears that the disappearances are linked. In a race against the clock to find and rescue the children alive, Finn and his team are only partially successful. Two of the children are saved, but they were too late for Oliver. And the killer got away. 2023 DI Alex Finn is still tormented by the cases of his youth – none more than so than the 2009 kidnappings. And it seems someone else has not forgotten either. They want answers after all this time, and with a gun in their pocket and their sights set on Alex, they’ll do anything to get what they’re after… Highly original and utterly compelling, THE COLD CASE is Will Shindler’s biggest book yet and is perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Mick Herron.

This was a five star read for me!

The story starts with the murder of Jemima whose body was found. DI Alex Finn recognizes Jemima as one of the kids who got kidnapped along with two other teenagers nearly fifteen years ago. When Finn tells Leo, Jemima’s boyfriend at that time about Jemima’s murder, Leo keep Finn hostage along with others as he tells Finn that the person, who is currently locked up in prison for their kidnapping and the murder of one teenager is not responsible for what happened fifteen years ago and that Finn must find the real killer before it is too late.

This was a fast paced thriller to me. The page divides back and forth between the present day and the past set in 2009 when Finn was investigating the teenager’s kidnappings. This is also a page turner as well. I was hooked into the story from the first chapter till the end and there are twists and unexpected turns along the way. The ending was brilliant and was quiet unexpected.

I hope this will become a series as I cannot wait to read more books from this author–worth 5 stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Hodder for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.