Day: January 6, 2021

This was a great book to kick off the new year!

In some ways, it reminded me of a locked room suspense thriller because a lot of the action is static. That’s not to say that it was boring – the fact that much of the information is relayed via conversations actually added to the tension.

I spent the first half of this book trying to figure out what each character was hiding, because it certainly seemed as if there were secrets galore. A few were revealed here and there, which kept me engaged.

Roughly halfway through the book, the author abruptly switches for some backstory. I did not see it coming. There was a lot of information in this section of the book. Some of it was obvious as to the bearing it had on the current day events and some of it was more subtle.

It was an effective way of relaying important information while also casting doubt on the reliability of Erica. From this point, I had a hard time deciding whether or not I trusted her. It made me read a little more carefully.

I also thought that the author did a good job of making pretty much every character unreliable at one point or another. Even though it was a crime mystery type of book, I still felt like I was evaluating each of the character’s stories and actions for their veracity.

It was a great way to stay active in the story that added on the switches and suspicions.

And then there was the big shoe drop. And I mean BIG.

I didn’t see it coming.

At 75%, another bomb….and it was glorious.

I’m going to get myself into a corner and give something away. So, I’m going to stop here. Suffice to say that everything you think you know or suspect in the first ¾ of the book? You don’t know. Or you’re wrong.

It did seem as if the author tried to wrap up in a hurry, and the ending seemed a little rushed, but all of the revelations were enough to make it interesting until the very end.

It’s masterful, and it absolutely elevated this book from a good psych thriller to the top of my list. That’s pretty good for the first week of the year.

Don’t miss this one.

Author Bio:

Georgina Cross is the author of works of domestic suspense, psychological suspense, and thriller.

She is represented by Rachel Beck with Liza Dawson Associates with her suspense fiction appealing to readers of The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle, The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth, and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty.

Georgina has been writing since she was a child. Notebooks & floppy discs filled with stories: adventures growing up in New Orleans and tales from Malaysia & England where her family lives. After graduating from Louisiana State University, she pursued a career in marketing & communications and founded Susie’s Wish non-profit which sends patients with life threatening illnesses to the beach. She spends time with her husband and their combined family of four sons watching plenty of scary movies and is thrilled to be a full-time author.

Author website: www.Georgina-Cross-Author.com