Standalone
Hilary Davidson
Released: July 1, 2021 by Thomas & Mercer
296 Pages
Blurb:
From the bestselling author of One Small Sacrifice comes a suspenseful thriller about a dead woman who predicted her own murder—and the sister who won’t let the truth be buried.
When her beloved sister Caroline dies suddenly, Deirdre is heartbroken. However, her sorrow turns to bone-chilling confusion when she receives a message Caroline sent days earlier warning that her death would be no accident. Long used to being a pariah to her family, Deirdre covers her tattoos and heads to Manhattan for her sister’s funeral.
The message claimed Caroline’s husband, Theo, killed his first wife and got away with it. Reeling from the news, Deirdre confronts Theo on the way to the cemetery, and he reveals both his temper and his suspicion that Deirdre’s “perfect” sister was having an affair.
Paranoid and armed with just enough information to make her dangerous, Deirdre digs into the disturbing secrets buried with Caroline. But as she gets closer to the truth, she realizes that her own life may be at risk…and that there may be more than one killer in the family.
My Review:
CW: Self-Harm
I got this as an Amazon first reads book and I usually go for the thriller picks so this was right up my alley. I finished the book I was reading before this and needed something while I was waiting in the waiting room of my mom's doctor's office and so I started reading this.
The story drew me in right away and before I knew it I was 30% into the book. I enjoyed the alternating perspectives of Deirdre and Theo. If you think this is a simple "woman dies and husband is the suspect/killer" plot, think again. This book has so much more to it taking you into a world of money-laundering, dark family secrets, and morally gray characters.
It feels like you fall down the rabbit hole with the characters trying to figure out whether Deirdre's sister was murdered, what really happened to Theo's first wife, and who can be trusted. This book is really fast paced but I liked it, it really worked for me. I also like that the author chose to include so much about Berlin landmarks (it's honestly not a city I think of much so it was nice to learn about something other than the remnants of the Berlin Wall) and also how she wove Egyptian mythology into the plot.
It was a really interesting, suspenseful read and I was hooked until the very end. I'm definitely going to be checking out this author's other books.
My Rating:
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
5 of 5 Stars!
