Thank you so much to Berkley Pub for an advance copy of this book!
Thank you so much to PRH Audio for the complimentary audiobook!

This book is OUT NOW!

This book was never on my radar until I attended a zoom with a bunch of authors including Nicola Solvinic. And her talking about the book made me very intrigued!

"She knew what I was - my father's daughter - and she could no longer stand to look at me."

As with any thriller, it's hard to describe what all happens in this book because I think going in blind would be the best option! Anna Koray is a detective and keeps it a secret that her father was a serial killer. I thought her backstory was interesting and there was a part later in the book that was connected to her past that I was *hoping* we would get more. There was a few times where I did not know where the story was going to go or who did it. The string of killings that were similar to her dads has Anna going in a tailspin and things just started to snowball from there.

This book did seem to cover a bunch of tropes used microly within the thriller genre - true crime, paranormal, horror, unreliable narrator. And even with the different elements occurring, I did not find that it was too much or too little. The pacing throughout the book was good and kept me on edge the closer I got to the end.

One thing that I found difficult was that when it was a flashback, there was no indication that it was a flashback. It just sort of happened as you were reading. Sometimes there were page indicators but it was not always consistent. The flashbacks tapered off as the book went on so then it was okay.

I paired my reading with the audio & I thought the narrator Samantha Desz was fantastic. She was able to convey's Anna's vulnerability & complexness with such ease. It made the listening experience enjoyable and engaged.

I thought this was such a strong debut! And I'm anxious to see what other stories Nicola has for us.