Author: Katherine Greene

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Publication Date: November 5, 2024 

Rating: ⭐⭐💫 (2.5/5)

Back in 1998, four girls went missing from the same small North Carolina college. Many years later, a true crime podcast has revived interest in their disappearances. Some of the victim’s families are happy for the renewed attention, and others don’t want to keep reliving the past. A journalist comes to town determined to solve the mystery once and for all. Things really start to heat up once a body is found.

I really wanted to love this book. It kept feeling as though it was about to get really good, but for me, it never did. I figured out who was behind the disappearances way before I would have liked to. I didn’t find any of the characters likable; in fact, I found a few of them incredibly unlikeable, including one of the missing girls, Jess, and her father.

The dual points-of-view were written in voices that were too similar. Lindsay and Jess are sisters, but they were virtually indistinguishable from one another, which I thought detracted from the story. Both sisters falling for the same guy many years apart had me rolling my eyes. He wasn’t even worth one of them being interested in him, let alone both.

I gave the book 2.5 stars because, like I already mentioned, I really thought it had a lot of potential to be great, but in the end it fell flat.

Thank you to NetGalley, Katherine Greene, and Crooked Lane Books for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.