Set in a town that urges you to leave just as quickly as you arrived, Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter follows Providence, a woman who has spent the past thirteen years avoiding Annesvile—the place she once called home. At seventeen, she was sent to prison for running over and nearly killing her mother. But that’s the thing—her mother wasn’t the intended target. Her father was. Now, with her mother missing, Providence is forced to return to the town that shaped her, confronting the past she tried to outrun and reckoning with the mistakes she can’t take back.  

Samantha Crewson delivers a sharp, twist-filled thriller that keeps you hooked from start to finish. Every revelation hits like a gut punch, and just when you think you know where the story is headed, Crewson proves you wrong. At the heart of it all is Providence—a character you can’t help but root for, even as she wades through the wreckage of her past. Tense, gripping, and emotionally raw, Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is the kind of book that lingers long after you’ve turned the last page. If you love complex characters, morally grey dilemmas, and thrillers that refuse to let go, this one’s worth picking up.