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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
I read this book in a single sitting and enjoyed it like I was watching a tense action thriller! As readers, we are introduced to a handful of characters, of course not being sure where their stories might intersect yet. Ryan, the only witness to his girlfriend Ali's sudden disappearance five years ago, is on a trip in Italy with his law school cohort when he is confronted by a mysterious message and has a panic attack in a hot air balloon. Poppy, a young veteran, has returned to her childhood home in Kansas to care for her father and start a new job as the deputy sheriff. This role is not as fancy as it sounds -- she's assigned to monitor the tip line, but then tips start coming in about the discovery of Ali's car, submerged in the lake for the last five years -- with two dead men inside. Shane is a mob boss in Philadelphia who is trying to balance his work (killing guys, apparently) with his family life (his son is struggling at his fancy new boarding school).
We've got code breaking, an FBI agent who loves riddles, and some really likable characters. We jump from Kansas, to Italy, to Philadelphia, and beyond, and I had a great clear sense of place and characters. The chapters are short with a few cliffhangers; this is definitely a page turner as I was predicting connections and couldn't wait to find out how everyone was connected.
This was my first book by this author but I would love to read more -- I was super satisfied by the ending and how all my questions were answered (for example, why didn't anyone find Ali's car in what should have been a huge search for her five years ago?). Recommend for fans of Taylor Adams or Martin Scorcese's The Departed. Enjoy!
We've got code breaking, an FBI agent who loves riddles, and some really likable characters. We jump from Kansas, to Italy, to Philadelphia, and beyond, and I had a great clear sense of place and characters. The chapters are short with a few cliffhangers; this is definitely a page turner as I was predicting connections and couldn't wait to find out how everyone was connected.
This was my first book by this author but I would love to read more -- I was super satisfied by the ending and how all my questions were answered (for example, why didn't anyone find Ali's car in what should have been a huge search for her five years ago?). Recommend for fans of Taylor Adams or Martin Scorcese's The Departed. Enjoy!
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.25⭐️ What a wild ride! This was fast paced and I binged it in one sitting. Needless to say I think this should be added to your tbr and it needs to be read as soon as possible.
A mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl where the boyfriend is the main suspect, but there’s not enough evidence to be sure. Fast forward five years and Ryan has become a different person after Alison’s abduction. Then her car turns up in the river.
Can her find out who was actually behind it and who can he trust to aid in his vigilante investigation.
Alex has a way with reeling you in and then, BAM, plot twist! I love when a thriller is told in multi-POVs . Especially when most of the characters narrating are unreliable. It really adds to the suspense of discovering the actual villain. Ryan is such a brilliant character, tragic and flawed, but that’s what makes him great. His determination is so incredible that he deserves all good things. Poppy is such a great protagonist as well, She is the voice of reason and wants to be by the book, but learned how to skip some pages in said book..
Also the major plot twist going from part 1 and into part 2 gave me whiplash. I really enjoyed the ways that the little pieces of evidence gathered by each character was actually of some importance. I truly enjoyed reading this and will definitely be reading more by Alex.
A mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl where the boyfriend is the main suspect, but there’s not enough evidence to be sure. Fast forward five years and Ryan has become a different person after Alison’s abduction. Then her car turns up in the river.
Can her find out who was actually behind it and who can he trust to aid in his vigilante investigation.
Alex has a way with reeling you in and then, BAM, plot twist! I love when a thriller is told in multi-POVs . Especially when most of the characters narrating are unreliable. It really adds to the suspense of discovering the actual villain. Ryan is such a brilliant character, tragic and flawed, but that’s what makes him great. His determination is so incredible that he deserves all good things. Poppy is such a great protagonist as well, She is the voice of reason and wants to be by the book, but learned how to skip some pages in said book..
Also the major plot twist going from part 1 and into part 2 gave me whiplash. I really enjoyed the ways that the little pieces of evidence gathered by each character was actually of some importance. I truly enjoyed reading this and will definitely be reading more by Alex.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
When I read What Have We Done last year I wasn’t sure if Alex Finlay was for me. Boy am I happy I picked this book up! I didn’t even know the same author wrote both of these books because of how much I loved this one.
The first part of this book was so gripping, I couldn’t put it down. When I went to bed the first night I was already at 39% and only went to sleep because I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
I loved the characters and how the story is woven together. I feel like I should have seen the first twist coming but I didn’t. I felt the end of this book was satisfying with its twists as well.
I highly recommend this one if you like mystery thrillers!
ARC provided by Minotaur Books.
Pub date: May 28, 2024
The first part of this book was so gripping, I couldn’t put it down. When I went to bed the first night I was already at 39% and only went to sleep because I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
I loved the characters and how the story is woven together. I feel like I should have seen the first twist coming but I didn’t. I felt the end of this book was satisfying with its twists as well.
I highly recommend this one if you like mystery thrillers!
ARC provided by Minotaur Books.
Pub date: May 28, 2024
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
If Something Happens To Me
4.5 ⭐️
I honestly haven’t read a good thriller in a while and this was such a fun one to dive into! Fast chapters, multiple points of view, chases all over the world—what more do you need?!
In a small town in Kansas, a car is found in a lake 5 years after the high school girl who owned it went missing. At the time, her boyfriend and then a serial killer were named as the suspects. A new local deputy sheriff along with her old boyfriend try to uncover what really happened.
Alex Finlay writes such solid thrillers and I really enjoyed every second of this fast paced one! Thanks to @netgalley for this ARC!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Alex Finley always knows how to draw you in until the very end.
Ryan’s girlfriend disappeared 5 years ago and he’s always been one of the suspects. No one believes his story until now.
This is a fast paced story. We are working with 3 different POVs in 3 different locations. This is a mafia crime thriller which I didn’t except when I was started reading this. We get one of the POVs from the mafia.
This isn’t a thriller with a bunch or even a huge twist at the end but it still keeps you gripped until the very end. But the epilogue was 🤯
Genre: Thriller
APK: Ebook
Pages: 336
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone: Stand-alone
Thank you St. Martins Press for a free copy for an honest review
Ryan’s girlfriend disappeared 5 years ago and he’s always been one of the suspects. No one believes his story until now.
This is a fast paced story. We are working with 3 different POVs in 3 different locations. This is a mafia crime thriller which I didn’t except when I was started reading this. We get one of the POVs from the mafia.
This isn’t a thriller with a bunch or even a huge twist at the end but it still keeps you gripped until the very end. But the epilogue was 🤯
Genre: Thriller
APK: Ebook
Pages: 336
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone: Stand-alone
Thank you St. Martins Press for a free copy for an honest review
Thank you @minotaurbooks @netgalley for the advanced copy of #IfSomethingHappensToMe!
This is my favorite thriller from Alex Finlay 👏🏼 just like his other thrillers, If Something Happens To Me is full of different characters and multiple POVs. It took me a second at the beginning to get a hang of all the characters, but once I did, I couldn’t put this down!
I was so intrigued and was desperate to know how all of the characters eventually would connect. The chapters are short, so it was easy to binge.
ISHTM has murder, a missing girl, gangsters and so much more. It hooked me in and it was such a fun and wild ride. I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of this book when it publishes in May