A focused, tension-filled thriller - 4.5 stars rounded up

I really liked that this book had a clear premise and didn’t try to do anything extra. Linda’s sister was killed years ago and when she thinks she sees the killer on the local news she writes a book about what happened to trap him.

The problem is that Anna has been stuck inside her house since this happened. Linda’s mental illness was handled really well in this book. It felt like Linda was genuinely struggling with mental illness and her behavior made sense for what had happened to her. However, this condition makes it hard to know if she is a fully reliable narrator. There is a lot of tension and the twists and turns worked without making it too dramatic.

The chapter of the book that Linda uses to lure the killer to her house kind of ruins the emersion for me. I do think it was an interesting way to show us what happened during the investigation of her sister’s murder and the fact we knew they were fictionalized allowed for a nice

I really liked the writing in this book and think it is better than most other thrillers. I don’t think this is a genre that needs great writing, but I was able to picture everything that was happening as a film.