Make Up Reading

4.5 out of 5 stars I want to thank Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for allowing me to read an  advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is told in a span of three days in third person. We cover day before, day of, and day after a murder Three couples gather at Glass Beach. As tensions among the friends mount you are not really surprised when someone is found dead. They do let us know it was one of the wives but we do not know which one it is at first. I have to say that this book really read like a modern day Agatha Christie.  

5 out of 5 stars This is the second novel that I have read by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. The first one that I read was "An Anonymous Girl" which was in my top five books that I read in 2019. It was an amazing psychological/Domestic thriller that left me unable to put it down. Well, this one did not disappoint at all! This is one of the best books I have read this year. There is something about the way Hendricks and Pekkanen write that leaves me blown away. I am so excited for their new book next year! Vanessa Thompson who is recently divorced is having a hard time keeping her head above water. When she is not following her "replacement" aka her ex husband Richard's finance she is lost in a haze of alcohol.  Nellie is young, eager and ready to start her life with Richard. Though she loves her life as a preschool teacher she is often haunted by something that happened years ago. Not only that but she thinks someone is following her. She often gets blocked...

5 stars for me! This is the second Teresa Driscoll novel that I have read, the first being " I Am Watching You"  and I really enjoyed this. I listened to it via audio and I enjoyed the narrator, Henrietta Meire's choices. I loved the interpretation of each character. They all distinctly had their own voices. If you are a fan of audio thrillers I would suggest you pick this up.   The story follows several POVs with Sophie being the main POV and the only first person. As the thriller gains momentum we meet more characters but Driscoll manages to not confuse us. We meet sweet, soft and rather quiet Sophie as she is on a train ride hours from home when she gets a message telling her that her 4 year old son Ben who was staying with her friend Emma and Emma's three year old son have all been rushed to the hospital.  From there the story goes back and forth from then to now telling the story of the friendship between Emma and Sophie. Leading us slowly to the truth behin...