Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Book Type: Physical
Author: Kimberly McCreight
Pages: 320
Publisher: Harper (September 7, 2021)
Book Descriptions:
Everyone has those friends. Doesn’t matter how long it’s been, or how badly they’ve occasionally behaved, or how late it is when that call finally comes—you show up. No questions asked.
Honestly, that’s how the five of us ended up here in the Catskills. We did have the best of intentions. Especially after what happened to Alice all those years ago, we can’t bear to think of losing anyone else. In fact, we’ll do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen. We’ll go so much farther than we ever thought we would.
In the end, maybe that’s what caught up with us. That, and the fact that we’re such a complicated group—so much history and so many big personalities. Secrets, too, that can slip out at the most inopportune moments. Of course, we love each other despite all of those things. We love each other no matter what.
There’s something so beautiful about that kind of unconditional love. It can turn ugly, though. Or maybe that’s just us. After all, we’ve already been through so much together. And we have so very much to hide.
Thoughts:
A group of friends in the mountains. A dead body. A secret from their past. A drug addict. An outsider. What could possibly go wrong?
This was a wonderful, twisted, mystery, told in multiple perspectives, about a body that is found (due to injuries his face is unidentifiable). The story is written starting back to the beginning of their weekend together, told in multiple POVs, and then the detective’s present day perspective moving the story forward, as well as flashbacks from their past. These are my favorite books to read as I love trying to figure out what happened before the big “ah-ha” moment. Towards the end you start to see how things tie together, but when the twist happens, it pushed things a bit too far for me which is the only reason this wasn’t a full 5⭐️.
@kimberlymccreight is a must read / automatic purchase author for me, so if you haven’t read this one and like a good mystery, go get this book and add it to your TBR.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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