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The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
5.0

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for access to an e-arc for review.
This is the first title by this author that I have read and I am officially putting Sulari Gentill on my list of authors I NEED to read their backlist for. This title started of ok but within the first 5 chapters something happened and I became obsessed. I ended up reading this in one sitting. Trust me when I say... I needed the loo sooooo bad when I came out of the hypnotic trance I was in for the duration of this book. The characters were really well flushed out and had backstory without info dumping, The backstory and the impact of past things is a key to the actions and feelings of the characters but then the twists are so unpredictable. Not to mention the moments where you think things have happened when they haven't and vice versa. The characters and plot are as interesting and entertaining as each other in this book and I recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries with some thriller aspects. Is new to the mystery genre and is used to faster paced plots. This is more of a medium pace, but because of the thriller aspects I think it would suit for this reader. I also think that people who like true crime and those who may be mystery readers but are wanting to come out of a reading slump.