“Please forgive me. I couldn’t live with it. Hopefully you can, Officer Raycevic.” -The last words Lena’s twin sister, Cambry, ever texted her before Cambry jumped off of Hairpin Bridge to her death. The police ruled it a suicide, but was it really? Lena is on a mission to find out. And who better to ask than Officer Raycevic himself who coincidentally pulled Cambry over an hour before her death? This book is about a woman on the search for justice for her twin sister. She’ll risk everything to get the truth. She’ll even risk confronting the policeman whom she feels is hiding something about the death of her sister. Will the truth come out?

     I saw that Taylor Adams wrote this book and I just had to get it! No Exit is one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read, so I was interested in reading more by this author. I did enjoy this book, however, not nearly as much as I enjoyed No Exit.

     This story hooked me from the beginning. Adams definitely knows how to build suspense! However, nothing in this story surprised me. I am very good at guessing twists, so maybe it’s just that nothing EVER surprises me. But I had figured out all of the big reveals within 20-30% of the book. I would not consider this novel predictable though. There were unique twists and turns, they just weren’t completely unexpected for me.

     I like it that this book had parts with other points of view. My favorite part was hearing from Officer Raycevic. It was so interesting seeing inside his mind. But one POV was so very unnecessary to me: the POV of what could have possibly happened to Cambry. It just felt like a waste of time. I would have rather had more of Raycevic‘s point of view than chapters full of educated guesses on what  could have happened. 

     The ending dragged for me. I was very satisfied with some of the reveals, however, the solutions were prolonged to build suspense, but it really just built a sense of “can we please get this over with?” for me. 

     Overall this book was very entertaining and I look forward to reading more books by Taylor Adams! 

TW: death, harm to a child, animal death, and snakes.

Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for this arc!