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by Tasha Cornell (June 18, 2024) Many thanks to @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the gifted digital and audio copies of this very unique thriller. Below is my honest review.

Hannah’s boyfriend ghosted her only to fall blissfully in love with someone else. She’s been passed over for a promotion at a job she doesn’t care about, and she’s broke. As a means of distraction, she goes down the rabbit hole of an online forum dedicated to discovering the identity of a killer stalking the Atlanta suburbs. After William, a handsome and successful lawyer, is arrested for the murders, Hannah begins to write to him – and he writes back – both sharing profoundly personal and intimate parts of their lives. After she loses her job, she decides to travel to Atlanta from Minnesota to attend William’s trial and gets herself embroiled in the case.

Lots of people are going to love this one. There’s a commentary on the glorification of killers and our societal obsession with true crime. It was a fast-paced story, but I did correctly guess both of the twists pretty early, and I struggled with the epic number of poor decisions made by the characters—EVERYONE needs therapy. There are content warnings for everything you’d imagine getting involved with a serial killer would involve.

What is your favorite thriller? Don’t read thrillers, what are you reading now?