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Last Seen Alive by Joanna Schaffhausen
5.0
Read this if…you like a good showdown between the bag guy and his victim.
Ellery and Reed are living their lives as single people since their breakup. However, a new documentary starring a host very reminiscent of Nancy Grace has brought the couple back together. Funded by a rich Hollywood producer with his own tragic past, the show intends to interview Frances Coben, the serial killer who kidnapped young girls and cut off their hands, in an attempt to get him to share the whereabouts of his victims’ bodies. Coben agrees to be filmed, but only as long as Ellery, the one who survived, will meet with him face-to-face.
This was the best book in the series so far! While I think reading the first four novels give the characters more depth, this can be read as a standalone thriller. I was so excited by the premise of Ellery meeting up with Coben again that I could not put this down! Everything seemed to come full circle and I like that Ellery finally got to control her own story. There’s nothing about this book I didn’t like, but I like the conclusion was so final. I need the author to tell me if this is the end of the series because I had that bittersweet goodbye feeling after I finished.
A big thanks to Netgalley, the author, and St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Ellery and Reed are living their lives as single people since their breakup. However, a new documentary starring a host very reminiscent of Nancy Grace has brought the couple back together. Funded by a rich Hollywood producer with his own tragic past, the show intends to interview Frances Coben, the serial killer who kidnapped young girls and cut off their hands, in an attempt to get him to share the whereabouts of his victims’ bodies. Coben agrees to be filmed, but only as long as Ellery, the one who survived, will meet with him face-to-face.
This was the best book in the series so far! While I think reading the first four novels give the characters more depth, this can be read as a standalone thriller. I was so excited by the premise of Ellery meeting up with Coben again that I could not put this down! Everything seemed to come full circle and I like that Ellery finally got to control her own story. There’s nothing about this book I didn’t like, but I like the conclusion was so final. I need the author to tell me if this is the end of the series because I had that bittersweet goodbye feeling after I finished.
A big thanks to Netgalley, the author, and St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!