I received an early copy of this book on Netgalley and I’m so glad I did. I read a lot of psychological suspense and Julie’s Clark’s first book is this genre is up there with the best of them. The story hinges around a plane crash over the Atlantic. Claire was supposed to be on the flight, but at the last minute she trades tickets with a woman in the airport, desperate to do anything to escape her abusive husband. The characters: Claire, the wife of a prominent philanthropist who is considering a senate run, and Eva, a college drop out who’s now manufacturing and selling drugs, are both real, flawed and compelling. The structure of the book which alternates between Claire’s story after the plane crash and Eva’s story in the months leading up to the crash, amps up the drama and makes this book a real page turner. I tore though it in less than a day, anxious to figure out what really happened on the day of the crash and why. Clark’s exploration of the emotional tolls of abuse is nuanced and important, but doesn’t bog down the story. A perfect one day read. This one releases in June 2020.

Kimberly Belle has delivered another deliciously twisty psychological thriller. This is a tough one to review without spoilers. Suffice it to see this was an edge of your seat thrill ride with a twist I didn’t see coming. I thought I had it all figured out and I was completely wrong. If you’re looking for an easy to read thriller with realistic characters and unreliable narrators, this is the book for you. And this book, like Clark’s, also features a woman escaping an abusive relationship at all costs.